Students will synthesize and apply their knowledge and skills in creating, performing, innovating, and problem-solving.
For example, students will be able to:
- Learn in a variety of settings and with a variety of people
- Connect information and ideas from different learning experiences
- Evaluate and apply religious, moral, and ethical values to contemporary challenges and life decisions
- Create original and imaginative intellectual works
- Approach artistic pursuits critically and with imagination
- Draw on prior knowledge to solve new intellectual and practical problems
Students can develop these abilities through experiences such as:
- Completing OLE Core courses in Creativity, Ethical Reasoning in Context, and The OLE Experience in Practice
- Completing a “capstone” experience, such as a senior thesis, distinction project, recital, or juried exhibition
- Doing an internship, field placement, or practicum
- Collaborating on a research project through the Center for Interdisciplinary Research
- Choosing an interdisciplinary or self-designed major or concentration
- Working for an office that requires creativity or problem-solving, such as Information Technology, Residence Life, or the Lion’s Pause
- Applying for an entrepreneurial grant, research scholarship, or innovation internship
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87%
of seniors thought they often connected ideas from courses to prior experiences and knowledge (2023 NSSE Survey data)
86%
of alumni report that their college experience substantially contributed to their integrative thinking skills (2024 HEDS Alumni data)
81%
of alumni report that their college experience substantially contributed to their creative thinking skills (2024 HEDS Alumni data)