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Communicate effectively when speaking, writing, and presenting to a variety of audiences and with a variety of purposes.

• Engage in critical and creative thinking to solve problems, explore alternatives, and make decisions.
• Develop comprehensive, rational arguments for ethical positions and describe the implications for the individual and the larger society.
• Apply mathematical approaches and computational techniques to solve problems; to manipulate and interpret data; and to disseminate the data, methodology, analysis, and results.
• Apply the fundamentals of scientific inquiry to real-life and hypothetical situations.
• Use a variety of media, including computer resources, to access, organize, evaluate, synthesize, cite, and communicate that information.

• Demonstrate and observe sensitive and respectful treatment of diverse groups and perspectives in a variety of settings.
• Demonstrate an awareness of historical and contemporary global issues and events.
• Demonstrate intercultural competence by engaging effectively-e.g., listening, speaking, writing, signing-with others whose language, ethnicity, religion, culture, country of origin, or economic or social background is different than their own.

• Make use of a variety of critical methods to analyze, interpret, and evaluate works of literary, visual, and performing art.
• Identify and recognize opportunities to participate in the creative arts as an artist, performer, observer, or technician.
• Recognize the historic and cultural role of the creative arts in forming human experience.

• Identify and recognize opportunities to address civic and environmental needs.
• Promote physical and mental well-being, self-management, maturity, and ethical decision-making.