Alignment of WCAS Goals and Goals @ Philosophy
The following chart displays how each of these specific learning objectives tends to contribute to you reaching the more general aims of your education in WCAS.
Alignment of Weinberg Global Learning Goals and Philosophy Learning Goals
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WCAS global learning goals
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PHILOSOPHY learning goals
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OBSERVE (in the relevant sense of working with sources and historical or empirical information as evidence requiring objective representation)
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4) citation and nuanced interpretation of text
5) grasp of philosophers’ systematic thought
9) employment of knowledge from required courses
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CRITIQUE
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2) reasons given for own position
3) objections anticipated
4) citation and nuanced interpretation of text
5) grasp of philosophers’ systematic thought
9) employment of knowledge from required courses
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REFLECT
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2) reasons given for own position
3) objections anticipated
4) citation and nuanced interpretation of text
5) grasp of philosophers’ systematic thought
8) originality/imaginativeness, open-mindedness, engagement
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EXPRESS
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1) articulation of thesis
2) reasons given for own position
3) objections anticipated
6) argumentative structure of the paper (including paragraph order, transitions, etc.)
7) clarity of exposition/well written
8) originality/imaginativeness, open-mindedness, engagement
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