All curricula at SMC include a set of institutional values that we believe are an integral part of any higher education experience. These values are listed and defined here.
Global Awareness and Appreciation
Global Awareness and Appreciation is the knowledge of the interdependence of local, global, international, and intercultural people, societies, issues, trends, and systems, and an ability to apply this cultural and global awareness to human interaction and expression.
Ethical Responsibility
Ethical Responsibility is the thoughtful consideration about what is right and wrong and about making a positive impact upon one’s community-locally, nationally, and/or globally. The practice of ethical responsibility arises when individuals confront challenges, choices, and ethical dilemmas and requires skill in assessing and articulating various ethical positions, analyzing the social contexts of problems, and considering the ramifications of various courses of action for oneself as well as the community.
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking is a set of essential skills using inductive and deductive reasoning for the purposes of developing creative and effective solutions to a given problem.
Communication
Communication is the purposeful development of the expression and reception of verbal and non-verbal ideas and information.
Engagement
Engagement is the application of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion for learning through curricular and co-curricular experiences.
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