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If you can't find the answer to your question below, please email us at unogened@unomaha.edu.

MavEd emphasizes three key transferable learning outcomes, which are embedded in every general education course: 

  • Integrative Learning & Reflection
  • Critical Thinking & Information Literacy
  • Intercultural Awareness

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Integrative learning is the ability to synthesize knowledge and skills from multiple sources, disciplines, or experiences, and apply them to new, complex, or real-world situations.

This is one of the transferable learning outcomes that must be embedded in every MavEd course.

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In the context of MavEd, reflection refers to a deliberate process in which students: Think critically about their learning experiences, synthesize insights from course content and activities, and connect that learning to their personal, academic, or civic development.

This is one of the transferable learning outcomes that must be embedded in every MavEd course.

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Critical thinking is the ability to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information to make reasoned judgments and solve complex problems. It involves questioning assumptions, assessing evidence, and drawing logical conclusions.

This is one of the transferable learning outcomes that must be embedded in every MavEd course.

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MavEd combines critical thinking and information literacy into a single transferable outcome because they are deeply interconnected and often function in tandem.

Information literacy is one of the transferable learning outcomes that must be embedded in every MavEd course.

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MavEd courses are organized into three groups:

  1. Fundamental Skills
  2. Breadth of Knowledge
  3. Individual and Social Responsibility

There are four fundamental skills: writing, oral communication, quantitative literacy, and data literacy.  Each course in group 2 and 3 must intentionally reinforce at least one of those skills.

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