Breadth of Knowledge Criteria

Criteria
At least 1/3 of course assignments emphasize written communication or speaking skills
Drafting, feedback, revision process is explicitly built into the course, the course’s instruction, and the course assignments
Explicit course content and instruction which focuses on all of the following: Prior planning time for each written work or oral presentation Appropriate content for topic and thoughtful construction of the paper or oral presentation Rhetorical strategies Style of delivery Awareness of purpose and argument construction Awareness of audience Incorporation of sources and the ideas of others
If an oral communication course, oral communication is not based solely on in-class discussions or one final presentation
Course is not also a special emphasis course or a capstone course

Criteria
Course introduces students to human behavior
Explicit work which uses at least one of the following methodologies to draw conclusions: Probabilistic explanatory models Case studies Censuses Historical document analysis Oral histories Ethnographies Surveys Participant Observations Analysis of material evidence (artifacts) Experiments or quasi-experiments

Criteria
Course is primarily focused on instruction in techniques used for imaginative creation, such as: Visual or aural productions Performance Arts Linguistic Expressions
Includes instruction in ways of interpreting or evaluating creative productions

Criteria
Course is primarily focused on the analysis of one or more of the following: Language History Culture Text Society Formal Structures Artistic Work
Course may also: Help students develop facility with language. Include opportunities to practice the creation of works.

Criteria
Course must focus on at least one of the following: Giving students some experience in abstract reasoning in mathematics, as well as the use of such reasoning to reach conclusions about the world. Giving students experience in asking questions about the natural world and the chance to use observations and experimentation to formulate answers to those questions. Courses in engineering and/or technology teach students how engineering/technology projects are initiated and carried out, as well as ask students to think carefully about societal and cultural consequences of the use of engineering and technology.

Criteria

Course must focus on at least one of the following:

Giving students some experience in abstract reasoning in mathematics, as well as the use of such reasoning to reach conclusions about the world.
Giving students experience in asking questions about the natural world and the chance to use observations and experimentation to formulate answers to those questions.
Courses in engineering and/or technology teach students how engineering/technology projects are initiated and carried out, as well as ask students to think carefully about societal and cultural consequences of the use of engineering and technology.

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