Your General Education courses will impact you. Your faculty have structured Gen Ed courses to build your skills, abilities and personal qualities in five key areas, as expressed in the following Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will demonstrate competencies essential for informed inquiry across disciplines.
2. Students will demonstrate competency in written and oral communication.
3. Students will recognize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information and ideas from multiple perspectives.
4. Students will demonstrate a commitment to civic engagement and service to their community and the world.
5. Students will demonstrate growth in personal integrity, moral judgment, and religious beliefs as they define their worldviews and academic goals.

La Sierra’s general education curriculum is rooted in the concept of liberal education as a formative and transformative process. Its goal is to foster an understanding of and appreciation for Seventh-day Adventist Christianity, a commitment to intellectual excellence, and service to the global community.

University Studies thematic, team taught units provide students opportunity for constructive relationships with teachers and peers while experiencing interdisciplinary teaching. The integrated theme classes provide appropriate application, integration and transference of knowledge and the opportunity for creative self-expression. 

*These Student Learning Outcomes, approved by Faculty Senate in December 2014, are in harmony with La Sierra University SLOs , WASC Core Competencies, and patterned after the AAC&U’s recommended SLOs for higher education in the 21^st Century. http://www.aacu.org/leap/vision.cfm