This course meets the Idaho State Board Gen Ed Matriculation (GEM) course competencies for Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing. For more information see the State Board competencies.

General Education courses intentionally incorporate instruction and practice in durable skills—such as communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem solving. These essential, transferable skills prepare students for academic success, engaged citizenship, and career readiness across a lifetime of learning; to learn more, visit the Durable Skills Framework from America Succeeds: https://americasucceeds.org/durable-skills.

Signature Assignments

This course meets the Gen Ed Program Outcome of Inquiry and Analysis through its Signature assignment. Inquiry and Analysis and the product of your Signature Assignment focuses on the student's ability to:

• Select an appropriate topic
• Communicate existing knowledge, research, and/or views
• Organize evidence
• Make a conclusion supported by the evidence

This course also meets the Gen Ed Program Outcome of Global Perspectives through its Signature assignment. Global Perspectives and the product of your Signature Assignment focuses on the student's ability to:

• Demonstrate cultural self-awareness
• Demonstrate an understanding of cultural worldview frameworks
• Explain the consequences of personal, local, or national decisions

For more information see the CWI Gen Ed Program Outcomes.