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Basic Skills of General Education

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Frostburg State University’s accrediting agency, outlines in its accreditation standards (PDF) that institutional curricula should be designed “so that students acquire and demonstrate college-level proficiency in general education and essential skills, including oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, critical analysis and reasoning, technological competency, and information literacy” (document page 37).

In addition, the Maryland Higher Education Commission requires that Maryland post-secondary institutions report, on a three-year cycle, their progress towards assuring that their students achieve the basic proficiencies as identified by Middle States.

Frostburg State University has defined each of these proficiencies and has established benchmarks and methods of measurement. Follow the links below to review details on each skill.

Oral Communication

Written Communication

Scientific Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning

Critical Analysis and Reasoning

Technological Competency

Information Literacy

 

 
 
 

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