The Degree Qualifications Profile is a framework that illustrates clearly what students should be expected to know and be able to do once they earn their degrees. The Degree Profile is organized around five broad areas of learning that are integrated to represent a widely shared curricular goal for graduates regardless of the students' field of specialization.
Specialized knowledge is the knowledge students demonstrate about their individual fields of study.
Broad knowledge transcends the typical boundaries of students' first two years of higher education and encompasses all learning in broad areas through multiple degree levels.
Intellectual Skills are used by students to think critically and analytically about what they learn, broadening their individual perspectives and experiences.
Civic Learning is that which enables students to respond to social, environmental, and economic challenges at local, national, and global levels.
Applied Learning is used by students to demonstrate what they can do with what they know.
Alexandria Technical & Community College has a comprehensive assessment plan for each of its programs. The programs' learning outcomes are correlated with the college's General Learning Outcomes. Participation in the Degree Qualifications Profile has provided programs the opportunity to take assessment to the next level and align program learning outcomes with industry expectations of workforce skills and knowledge.
Occupational and Career Skills Technical Learning Outcomes | ATCC General Learning Outcomes | Degree Qualifications Profile Outcomes |
---|---|---|
1) Marketing Planning
| Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
2) Management Skills
| Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
3) Sales
| Core literacy | Applied learning |
4) Professional Readiness
| Occupational and career skills | Applied learning |
5) Financial Understanding
| Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
6) Embracing Diversity and Global Awareness
| Occupational and career skills | Intellectual skills |
Marketing Program Liberal Arts Courses | ATCC General Learning Outcomes | Degree Qualifications Profile Outcomes |
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Introduction to Computers | Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
Composition I | Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
Public Speaking | Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
Ethics | Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
Consumer Economics and Finance | Core literacy | Intellectual skills |
Sponsored by Alexandria Technical & Community College with support from the
Lumina Foundation and the Higher Learning Commission