Each student's progress will be measured and evaluated in accordance with the learning objectives approved by the CUL and endorsed by SPEA's faculty. The learning outcomes that will be measured and achieved are based on eight principles adopted by the SPEA faculty. Students use multiple modes of learning in all general education courses to develop higher order thinking. This integrative ability is fostered through ongoing critical inquiry into the relationship between theory and practice. Such critical inquiry involves exploring one's own and other' knowledge and values and applying them to particular circumstances.
Students learn ways of thinking and knowing in a range of disciplines.
Collaborative learning acknowledges that students are partners in this process. Principle 6 Developing a vision of the world that both acknowledges the commonalties of human experience and embraces its many varieties requires active exploration of and respect for similarities and differences across individuals and groups. Individuals construct such a vision through open inquiry and course work, service, co-curricular activities, and personal experience. Essential to this process is the practice of contemplating and constructing knowledge in a context that gives place to a diversity of legacies and voices. Students become part of the University community by participating in campus activities.