Ethics & Integrity Shared Competency Guide

About the Shared Competencies

Syracuse University’s Shared Competencies are six university-wide learning goals that enhance undergraduate education through an integrated learning approach. Undergraduate students develop competencies through their major degree courses, liberal arts requirements, and co-curricular experiences. The Shared Competencies enable students to communicate their learning experience, provide pathways for academic development, and integrate different aspects of a Syracuse University education.

List of Shared Competencies

• Ethics and Integrity
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Scientific Inquiry and Research Skills
• Civic and Global Responsibility
• Communication Skills
• Information Literacy and Technological Agility

Benefits of Tagging Courses

Benefits to Students:

• Highlights key knowledge and skills students can expect to learn in a course.
• Enables students to create a pathway that connects various learning experiences from their major degree, liberal arts, and other electives using a common framework.
• Enables students to connect institutional learning goals with individual courses, assignments, and experiences which provides them with language and tangible examples to discuss during their job or graduate search processes.
• Aids students in navigating various state and major requirements while developing a course schedule that produces an enriching learning experience.

Benefits to Faculty:

• Engages faculty in collaborative conversations about course design and curricula.
• Allows programs to ensure continuity across course sections.
• Allows faculty to build in intentional course learning objectives and assignments across course sections.

Resources for Faculty Thinking of Tagging Courses

• Course Tagging Form

  Please fill out this form if you are thinking of tagging a course with a shared competency.

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