{"id":2811,"date":"2015-09-14T16:26:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T16:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/?page_id=2811"},"modified":"2023-06-02T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T13:33:43","slug":"learning-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/ba-anthropology\/learning-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Student Learning Outcomes in Anthropology<\/h1>\n<p>Anthropology at URI offers a unique combination of social science, natural science, and humanistic inquiry. Students take courses in all major subfields of the study of humankind and why it matters: archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.<\/p>\n<p>By the time of graduation, anthropology majors should be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify ethical principles and\/or anti-bias approaches used in anthropology, and explain why they are necessary for both science and social justice<i>;<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Critically evaluate quantitative and\/or qualitative anthropological approaches;<\/li>\n<li>Analyze academic and societal debates about human diversity and human society (for example, genetic determinism, race, \u2018human nature,\u2019 and evolution);&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Integrate and apply concepts and methods from the subfields of anthropology to investigate human issues (for example, sociocultural, environmental, health, evolution) worldwide;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Construct an effective written argument in support of a thesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><\/i>Our degree programs are designed to produce graduates who can engage the world thoughtfully, critically, and creatively. Our hope is that the coursework we require will not only provide a solid base of anthropological or sociological knowledge and a set of skills to collect and evaluate information, but also that our assignments, readings, and classroom discussions will foster a sense of engagement as citizens committed to making the world more humane and livable.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, each of our programs has articulated a set of learning outcomes for students. These outcomes are the basis for our ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of our courses and our curricula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Learning Outcomes in Anthropology Anthropology at URI offers a unique combination of social science, natural science, and humanistic inquiry. Students take courses in all major subfields of the study of humankind and why it matters: archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. By the time of graduation, anthropology majors should be able to: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":958,"featured_media":0,"parent":2451,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2811","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2811"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6698,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2811\/revisions\/6698"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}