The Mission Statement should establish the values and philosophy of the department. It should establish the broad directions and aspirations of the department and its programs. There may be language which further defines the mission of each major concentration or degree level offered. The Goals should focus on the general aims or purposes of the program and curriculum.
Objectives are brief, clear statements of learning outcomes of instruction.
Attention is focused on the specific types of performances that the students are expected to demonstrate at the end of instruction. Objectives should be related to and flow from the goals. These behavioral objectives may be in some hierarchy, such as in Bloom's Taxonomy, from lower level attainment to more complex, higher order skills. Is is helpful to use action verbs and statement, such as identify, explain, translate, construct, solve, illustrate, analyze compose, compile, design, etc. Be sure your objectives are measurable and assessable.