Philosophy of General Education

Lincoln Land Community College is dedicated to providing educational and cultural opportunities for the citizens of the district. The General Education curriculum provides students with a broad knowledge base, develops skills necessary to function effectively in society, and demonstrates the value of lifelong learning. Particular attention is paid to developing competencies in the following areas.

General Education Outcomes

I. Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration and evaluation of issues and ideas across education that leads to formulating conclusions that can be applied to improve knowledge, skills and competencies.

II. Cultural and Global Awareness

Cultural and Global Awareness is a set of skills that supports effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.  Students will be able to critically analyze and engage with complex global systems.

III. Information Literacy

Information Literacy is ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.

IV. Oral Communication

Oral Communication is a prepared, purposeful presentation designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners' attitudes, values, beliefs or behaviors. 

V. Written Communication

Written Communication is the development and expression of ideas in writing.  Written communication involves learning to work in many genres and styles.  It can involved working with many different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images.  Written communication abilities develop through iterative experiences across the curriculum.  

VI. Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning

Quantitative Literacy (QL)-also known as Numeracy or Quantitative Reasoning (QR)-is a "habit of mind", competency, and comfort in working with numerical data.  Individuals with strong QL skills possess the ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations.  Scientific reasoning is an adherence to a self-correcting system of inquiry and reliance on empirical evidence to describe, understand, predict, and control natural phenomena.