NLC Outcomes and Competencies

Student Learning Assessment at NLC

Program and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee

Mission Statement

Northeast Lakeview College is a public community college within the system of Alamo Colleges District, established in partnership with its communities, that is focused on student success through the offering of Associate degrees and continuing education, promoting engagement in civic activities and organizations, and encouraging participation in cultural and enrichment programs.
 
Northeast Lakeview Core Objectives - General Education Competencies

• Critical Thinking Skills: including creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, as well as analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.
• Communication Skills: including effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.
• Empirical and Quantitative Skills: including the ability to manipulate and analyze numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.
• Teamwork: including the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
• Personal Responsibility: including the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision making.
• Social Responsibility:  including intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities.

AA PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon completing the Associates of Arts degree requirements at Northeast Lakeview College, students will demonstrate:
 

• creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, as well as analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.
• effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.
• the ability to manipulate and analyze numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.
• the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
• the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision making.
• intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities.

 
AS PROGRAM OUTCOMES
 

Upon completing the Associates of Science degree requirements at Northeast Lakeview College, students will demonstrate:

• creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, as well as analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.
• effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.
• the ability to manipulate and analyze numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.
• the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
• the ability to utilize current technology to collect and analyze empirical, quantitative, and qualitative data to promote understanding of scientific and mathematical concepts.
• the ability to apply and effectively communicate scientific knowledge and its relationship to real-world applications.

AAT PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon completing the Associates of Arts in Teaching degree requirements at Northeast Lakeview College, students will demonstrate:

• creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, as well as analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.
• effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.
• the ability to manipulate and analyze numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.
• the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
• an understanding of ethical, legal, philosophical and historical perspectives in a diverse learning environment.
• the ability to apply educational concepts and research to instructional planning.