LSER Department Goals for Its Undergraduate Students, Rutgers Core Curriculum Goals, and SMLR Learning Objectives
Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department Goals* | Rutgers Undergraduate Core Curriculum | SMLR Learning Objective |
1. Demonstrate an understanding of perspectives, theories, and concepts | Social analysis goal SCL-1 | IV |
2. Apply those concepts, along with substantive institutional knowledge, to contemporary developments | Social analysis goal SCL-2 | VI |
3. Assess and critique relevant evidence and research findings | Social analysis goals SCL-2 | III |
4. Make an argument using contemporary or historical evidence | Writing & Communication goal WCR | I |
5. Access high-quality historical, qualitative, and/or quantitative evidence | Social analysis goal SCL-2 | III |
6. Analyze the degree to which forms of human difference shape a person’s experience of work | Contemporary Challenges goal CCD-1 | V |
7. Analyze contemporary global issues using multiple perspectives | Contemporary Challenges goal CCO-1 | V |
8. Analyze issues of social justice both in the U.S. and globally | Contemporary Challenges goal CCD-2 | V |
9. Communicate complex ideas, in standard written English, to a general audience | Writing & communication goal WCR | I |
10. Communicate effectively to others in the field of labor and employment relations | Writing & communication goal WCD | I |
11. Analyze and synthesize information or ideas from multiple sources to develop new insights | Writing & communication goal WCD | I |
12. Formulate, evaluate and communicate conclusions and inferences from quantitative information | Quantitative reasoning goal QR | II |
13. Work productively in teams, in social networks, and on an individual basis |
| VII |
*All goals refer to matter related to work or to the field of labor and employment relations.