George Fox Core Competencies
Students of all levels and disciplines should be able to demonstrate competency in the areas below prior to graduating.
Rubrics for each outcome area can be found in Google Drive and Canvas. Rubrics were selected and refined by faculty in the Cornerstone Core (general education) program.
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Character Formation
Students will learn to identify and cultivate key moral and intellectual virtues for their own development and for their instrumental value as performance strengths in their career and calling.
Dimensions: Habits and Practices, Self Awareness, Virtue Literacy -
Christian Faith & Worldview Formation
Students will integrate a faith perspective in thinking about various subject areas and epistemologies
Dimensions: Christian Faith, Faith Integration, Worldview Application, Worldview Awareness, Worldview Differentiation -
Christian Narrative
Students will understand the story of God’s people in the Christian Bible and their own place in it.
Dimensions: Biblical Characters, Biblical Meta-Narrative, Biblical Themes & Motifs -
Critical Thinking
Students will employ critical thinking in multiple modes and subject areas.
Dimensions: Context and Connections, Evidence and/or ideas, Explanation of issue, problem, or challenge, Implications, Represent alternative points of view -
Cultural Humility
Students will be able to identify and analyze complex practices, values and beliefs, and the culturally and historically defined meanings of difference.
Dimensions: Application, Cultural Self-Awareness, Cultural Worldview Frameworks -
Digital & Information Literacy
Students will be able to recognize when there is a need for information and to identify, locate, evaluate and responsibly use that information via the effective use of digital technologies.
Dimensions: Analysis, Application, Awareness, Critical Awareness -
Empirical Reasoning
Students will be able to devise a strategy based on evidence, gather data to implement their strategy, and assess empirical evidence with which they are presented.
Dimensions: Define Problem/ Topic, Devise/Formulate a Plan, Data/Information collection and/or selection, Analysis, Conclusion -
Ethical Reasoning
Students will critically contemplate the conflicting value choices of the ethically complex world in which we live, articulate their own values, and reflect on how these values shape their ethical decisions.
Dimensions: Articulate ethical concepts, Explain ethical positions, Evaluate ethical arguments, Develop ethical arguments -
Oral Communication
Students will be adept in informing, persuading, creating understanding, and building consensus through speaking.
Dimensions: Introduction, Internal Structure, Content, Conclusion, Vocal Delivery, Physical Delivery, Language -
Problem Solving
Students will be able to identify and define problems/issues, recognize their complexity, and consider the validity, relevance and strength of alternative viewpoints and solutions.
Dimensions: Define Problem, Identify Strategies, Propose Solutions/Hypotheses, Evaluate Potential Solutions, Implement Solution, Evaluate Outcomes -
Quantitative Reasoning
Students will be able to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations.
Dimensions: Application / Analysis, Calculation, Interpretation -
Written Communication
Students will be able to develop and express ideas, opinions and information in appropriate written forms.
Dimensions: Argument and Thesis/Focus, Content & Ideas, Evidence and Support (Analysis), Genre and Disciplinary Conventions, Language (Editing)
