Goals
In order to develop socially responsible leaders, the Schedler Honors Program has these goals for student development:
- Social Responsibility–addressing social and environmental challenges and finding ethical solutions, a process that culminates in individual and collective interventions; and
- Disciplinary Expertise: The ability to articulate a relevant research or creative agenda, to utilize established knowledge in the discipline, to develop clear research questions or goals, and identify and demonstrate appropriate methodologies in a project of one’s own design.
Learning Objectives
Social Responsibility Objectives
- Ethical Decision-Making: The ability to address real-world problems and find ethical solutions for individuals and society.
- Personal Responsibility: The ability to take informed and responsible action to address ethical, social, and environmental challenges and evaluate the local and broader consequences of individual and collective interventions.
Disciplinary Expertise Objectives
- Communication: The ability to develop and present ideas logically and effectively in order to enhance collaboration and communication with diverse individuals and groups.
- Critical Inquiry: The ability to analyze new problems and situations to formulate informed opinions and conclusions.
- Integrative Scholarship: The ability to organize and synthesize information from diverse and appropriate sources to form a clear and articulate argument and to express insight and originality through disciplinary or multidisciplinary methodologies.
View the Schedler Honors Program Curricular Map and Assessment Plan here.
