Learning Outcomes

All undergraduates complete Emerson's distinct Liberal Arts Curriculum, which includes both Foundations and Perspectives. Outcomes for courses that meet the Foundations and Perspectives requirements are linked below.

The Liberal Arts curriculum aims to provide students with a:

• First-year curriculum that supports the development of core communication (written and oral), information literacy, and critical and creative thinking skills (College Outcomes: Create; Communicate; Critically Think)
• Foundation in the major Liberal Arts traditions (i.e., arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, literature and language, and natural sciences and quantitative reasoning) (College Outcomes: Create; Communicate; Collaborate; Critically Think)
• Set core of competencies associated with ethical conduct, interdisciplinary analysis, and respect for diversity of experience and opinion (College Outcomes: Communicate; Collaborate; Critically Think; Civically Engage)
• Sequenced Liberal Arts curriculum that supports and connects to students’ educational experiences in communication and the arts (College Outcomes: Create; Communicate; Collaborate; Critically Think)

To locate the outcomes for a specific Perspectives or Foundations requirement, visit either the "Perspectives" or "Foundations" subpages listed in the left-hand menu. Requirements are then listed in alphabetical order.