Carnegie Mellon University

Dietrich College General Education Learning Goals: Descriptive Text

Description of image: A series of color-coded circles with learning goals inside them, linked by a dotted line. The numbered list below lists the learning goals in the order in which they are grouped in the graphic

  • Category 1: Personal and Professional Development
  • Category 2 - Foundations Learning Activities: 
    • Communication
    • Data analysis
    • Computational thinking
    • Contextual thinking
    • Intercultural and global inquiry
    • Scientific inquiry
  • Category 3 - Disciplinary Perspectives: 
    • Argumentation or critique and creative synthesis
    • Disciplinary research or creative inquiry
  • Category 4 - Special Seminars:
    • Complex problem solving
    • Interdisciplinary perspectives
    • Collaboration