Area III Outcomes

Western Michigan University

General Education Learning Outcomes:

Distribution Area III: The United States: Cultures and Issues

Spring 2017

1) Students can explain the characteristics and historical background of diverse racial, religious, political and social groups in the U.S.

2) Students can identify issues such as age, class, disabilities, gender, race or discrimination that have an impact on the cultural life of the United States, and recognize the roles those issues play in the U.S. culture.

3) Students can identify some of the historical dynamics (social, economic, political) that have shaped a current social condition (for example, economic and social segregation in U.S. cities or economic inequality) and explain how that dynamic has contributed to that condition.