UCI Student Affairs student learning outcomes fall into these five domains:

1. Civic & Community Engagement

Community-based experiences enrich classroom learning, and academic knowledge and skills strengthen student communities. Those communities may be based on campus or they may extend to a local, national, global, or virtual context. Examples of learning in this domain include:

  • Concern for the social good
  • Knowledge of social and environmental issues; Social and environmental responsibility
  • Global citizenship
  • Empathy

2. Leadership Development

Leadership is not a position, but rather is a set of skills that can be developed. As campus and community leaders, UCI students will grapple with complex challenges, show the confidence to address them, and be accountable for their decisions, as they develop:

  • Integrity, Honesty, Compassion, Determination, Understanding of power dynamics; Clarification of personal values; Understanding of personal power
  • Skill areas: Critical thinking; Problem-solving skills; Ethical, autonomous, collaborative, and holistic approach to decision-making; Ability to envision sustainable solutions; Organization; Risk Management
  • Experience with: Team-building; Public speaking; Taking initiative in a group setting

3. Diversity & Global Consciousness

As citizens of an interconnected global community, UCI students will develop an understanding of and engage with a wide range of human diversity. This domain includes developing:

  • Multicultural competence; Knowledge of diverse communities/perspective
  • Knowledge of own subjectivity/biases; Identification of personal values and beliefs; Identity development
  • Social justice
  • Learning to constructively engage with others and with those who have different beliefs

4. Administrative & Professional Skills

The development of administrative and professional skills enhances students’ ability to function effectively in the workplace and supports their preparation for career-building after college. Learning in this domain may include:

  • Technological skills; Time management (organizational skills, goal setting, prioritizing); Resource management; Budgeting; Supervisory skills
  • Communication skills, both oral and written
  • Professionalism that is personally, ethically, and economically aware of actions and behaviors

5. Personal Responsibility

Students develop the ability to take increasing responsibility for their behavior and self-care. The transition to adulthood includes a maturing sense of ethics and accountability and the ability to make healthy, responsible and sustainable life choices. Learning in this domain includes learning and understanding:

  • Personal knowledge and identity development; Personal ethics; Self-reflection/awareness
  • Taking responsibility for one’s actions; Accountability; Community impact of personal actions; Critical thinking
  • Academic success; Preventive health/Wellness
  • Self-management; Self-efficacy; Seeking resources and support when needed; Planning and goal-setting;
  • Life skills competence; Interpersonal competence; Self-confidence