The Goals for Liberal Learning are the following:

Goal 1: Instill a love for learning

• Demonstrate an ability to learn independently (seek opportunities to learn)
• Appreciate that learning is a lifelong process
• Obtain information needed to make informed judgements

Goal 2: Develop foundational skills and transferable intellectual capacities

• Express ideas effectively
• Make decisions and solve problems by engaging in creative and critical thinking
• Access and evaluate a variety of sources of information
• Consider multiple perspectives when developing solutions to problems

Goal 3: Develop an understanding of disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and intercultural perspectives and their connections

• Demonstrate proficiency in a discipline
• Demonstrate that problem solving involves multiple perspectives and tools

Goal 4: Cultivate an examined cultural, ethical, physical, and spiritual self-understanding

• Understand the influence of a religious worldview
• Appreciate the aesthetic dimensions of life
• Identify the factors that contribute to self-understanding
• Identify how personal, interpersonal, social, cultural, and religious factors shape people's identity

Goal 5: Encourage responsible participation in the world

• Demonstrate ethical commitment by making critical, principled decisions
• Demonstrate intercultural competence
• Apply academic learning to one's personal, professional, and civic lives
• Apply knowledge and skills to influence the affairs of the world