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Program Goals and Outcomes for Students enrolled in Legal Studies
- Identify and utilize relevant primary and secondary legal sources and apply them to scenarios using prescribed analysis and argument.
- Define the basic theories, elements, and principles of law.
- Apply appropriate techniques to support the development of a legal argument using legal ethics.
- Apply culturally responsive strategies across diverse populations.
- Demonstrate effective written communication using theoretical and practical concepts from specialized areas of law.
- Evaluate the role of legal theory and practice in the practice of societal institutions
Program Goals and Outcomes for all Continuing Studies Program Students
- Be life-long competent social learners.
- Be able to articulate an opinion based on a group discussion.
- Be able to evaluate sources of information.
- Be able to synthesize diverse sources of information.
- Have a foundational knowledge base.
- Be able to explain core concepts.
- Be able to identify the ideas of key thinkers in the discipline.
- Be able to demonstrate a basic competency in the liberal arts and sciences beyond their chosen field of study.
- Be able to apply their knowledge.
- Be able to identify a practical application of the theoretical concept.
- Be able to articulate an example of how a concept applies in their own lives.
- Be able to create a real-world deliverable derived form course content.
- Be global citizens.
- Be able to discuss the global implications of domestic policies.
- Be able to compare and contrast different cultural practices.
- Be able to articulate ways that individual actions can have widespread consequences.
- Respect diversity.
- Be able to respectfully listen to and explain viewpoints that differ from their own.
- Be able to compare and contrast different cultural practices.
- Be able to identify their own inherent biases.
- Have developed appropriate research and information literacy skills.
- Be able to construct a plan for finding information.
- Be able to critically evaluate sources of information.
- Be able to synthesize diverse sources of information
- Be able to communicate effectively.
- Be able to write in a clear and professional manner.
- Be able to adapt their communication style to the appropriate audience.
- Be able to advance an argumentative thesis.
- Have and live according to a sense of ethics.
- a. Be able to identify ethical issues in real-life scenarios.
- b. Be able to articulate the ethical bases for a particular course of action.
- c. Be able to compare and contrast the ideas of major ethical thinkers.
- Embrace the Dominican mission.
- a. Be able to articulate the importance of truth, justice and service.
- b. Be able to explain how the Dominican mission relates to their own lives.
- c. Be able to apply what they learn to further peace and justice in their communities.
- d. Be able to address legal and human condition implications of climate change and sustainability.
- Have developed a sense of self-actualization.
- a. Be able to restate the ideas of others.
- b. Be able to cite examples of self-actualization in their own lives.
- c. Be able to demonstrate self-confidence.
- d. Be able to critique the perspective of others.
- e. Be able to integrate skills learned outside and inside the classroom.
- f. Be able to devise strategies to overcome challenges.