Area A English Language Communication Critical Thinking Cal State Monterey Bay

Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.

Approved Courses

• CAD 100B: Oral and Written Communication Semester 2
• CHHS 111: Intro to Issues in Health & Human Services
• CHHS 125: Writing as Healing
• CST 211: Technical Communications
• ENSTU 211: Intro to Sci & Env Policy
• HCOM 112: English Communication Through Global Literatures
• HCOM 211S: Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking SL
• HCOM 211: Reading Writing Crit Thkg
• SBS 200: Communication Skills: Applications in Social Science and Global Studies
• VPA 210: The Artist & Society

Outcomes

1. Comprehend Multiple Perspectives: Students demonstrate the ability to understand information, ideas and insights presented by diverse authors through written, oral, visual and electronic means of communication on the authors’ own terms at an introductory collegiate level.
2. Interpret Multiple Perspectives: Students demonstrate the ability to explain the significance and meaning of information, ideas and insights presented by diverse authors in multiple genres of communication at an introductory collegiate level.
3. Communicate Orally and in Writing: Students demonstrate the ability to use written and oral communication ethically and effectively at an introductory collegiate level.

Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.

Approved Courses

• CHHS 212: Ethics in Health Care
• ENSTU 212: Ethics, Science & Env Policy
• ENSTU 212S: Ethics, Equity & Environmental SL
• HCOM 212: Dialogue and Deliberation-An Introduction
• HCOM 213: Introduction to Communication Ethics
• HCOM 214: Interpersonal Comm & Conflict

Outcomes

1. Comprehend and Interpret Controversies: Students demonstrate the ability to understand multiple perspectives on significant controversies presented by diverse authors on the authors’ own terms and to explain the intent, purpose, and underlying values of the advocates of these perspectives at an intermediate collegiate level.
2. Identify and Understand Ethical Dimensions of Controversies: Students demonstrate the ability to recognize, understand, and effectively explain the ethical dimensions of significant controversies.
3. Use Diverse Ethical Frameworks to Analyze Controversies: Students demonstrate the ability to effectively apply diverse ethical frameworks to analyses of multiple perspectives on significant controversies.
4. Identify and Evaluate Potential Options for Responding Ethically and Effectively to Controversies: Students demonstrate the ability to recognize, understand, accurately represent, and effectively evaluate multiple options for responding responsibly to significant controversies.
5. Communicate Orally and in Writing: Students demonstrate the ability to use written and oral communication ethically and effectively at an intermediate collegiate level.

Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.

Students should take one of the following courses only after they have achieved upper division status (60+ units).

Approved Courses

• BIO 300: Issues & Ethics in Biology
• BUS 304: Business Communication, Ethics, and Critical Thinking
• CART 303: Media, Power, and Society
• CHHS 302: Professional Communication for the Health & Human Services Professions
• CST 300: Major ProSeminar
• ENSTU 300: Critical Thinking & Communication in Environmental Studies
• ENVS 300: Critical Thinking & Communication in Environmental Science
• GS 362: Global Literatures
• HCOM 312: Deliberation and Advocacy
• HCOM 313: GWAR Assessment
• HCOM 317S: Advanced Composition, Composition Theories, Service Learning
• LS 300: Major ProSeminar
• MATH 300: Major Proseminar
• MSCI 300: Marine Science, Communication, & Policy
• NURS 300: Professional Nursing Proseminar
• VPA 313: Regional Art History

Outcomes

1. Comprehend and Interpret Multiple Perspectives: Students demonstrate the ability to understand information, ideas, and insights presented by diverse authors through written, oral, visual, and electronic means of communication and explain its significance at an advanced collegiate level.
2. Analyze Multiple Perspectives: Students demonstrate the ability to effectively and ethically analyze multiple perspectives in pursuit of sound decision making.
3. Evaluate Multiple Perspectives: Students demonstrate the ability to effectively and ethically evaluate multiple perspectives in pursuit of sound decision making.
4. Make and Justify Decisions: Students demonstrate the ability to integrate reason and communication in pursuit of sound decisions.
5. Communicate Orally and in Writing: Students demonstrate the ability to use written and oral communication ethically and effectively at an advanced collegiate level.