All PSU Baccalaureate Graduates will develop the following transferable abilities:

Oral Communication

The ability to articulate meaning to others through verbal medium.

Written Communication

The ability to articulate meaning to others through written medium.

Quantitative Reasoning and Representation
To deepen understanding of the value and need for this type of reasoning, the ability to understand the graphical presentation of data, and to transform information into quantitative and graphical representations. .

Use of Technology

The ability to use computers and related technologies to achieve desired ends.

Critical Inquiry and Dialogue

The ability to ask important questions and to engage in critical conversations with others.

Understanding the Variety of Human Experience

The ability to know and interact with people of diverse backgrounds as part of a global community.

Ethical Reasoning

The ability to make decisions founded upon values and ethical principles.

Social and Civic Responsibility

The ability to engage in actions that strengthen democracy and the community.

Problem-solving

The ability to use information and reason to discover solutions to problems.

Analytical Thinking

The ability to determine the value and usefulness of information.

Creative Synthesis

The ability to create anew out of existing knowledge, material, and imagination.

Collaboration and working in teams

The ability to reach desired outcomes through cooperation with others.

Importance of a Sustainable Environment

The ability to understand the interdependence of the global environment and humanity.

Engage with Important Areas of Investigation

The ability to engage in investigation of human imagination, arts and culture; means of modeling the natural, social, and technical worlds; the values and experiences underlying American society; global and cross-cultural communities; and mutually supportive theory and practice.