Student Success Plans define learning outcomes and assess student achievement of those outcomes in general education.
The BG Perspective (or BGP) program is our version of general education. Its curriculum provides a premier liberal arts foundation,
leading BGSU students to graduate prepared for self-reliant learning throughout life and effective participation in a democratic
society. BG Perspective classes, taken by all students at BGSU, reflect a deep conviction by the BGSU faculty as well as of
leaders in all professions that successful, satisfying lives require a wide range of skills and knowledge. Ethical integrity,
reflective thinking, and social responsibility are characteristics of a liberally educated person. BG Perspective at BGSU
offers a solid foundation for active learning by providing students with both vital intellectual skills and breadth of knowledge
to be successful in their major area of study and later, in their chosen professions. These skills include the ability to
think critically and communicate effectively; the ability to understand different cultures and modes of thought; and the ability
to investigate forces that shape the social, artistic, scientific and technological complexities of contemporary culture.
BG Perspective at BGSU is defined by particular intellectual skills integral to all courses: critical thinking and effective
communication; investigating and problem solving; participation and leadership through active learning. These skills are central
to all courses in the five domains: social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, humanities and the arts, cultural diversity
in the United States, and expanded perspectives.
Intellectual Skills: Learning Outcomes for all BG Perspective courses
- Communicate effectively by gaining proficiency in reading, writing and presenting.
- Think critically through investigating and creative problem solving.
- Participate effectively and lead through active engagement with diverse groups and teams of individuals.
All candidates for a baccalaureate degree at Bowling Green State University must take at least nine courses from the University
BG Perspective curriculum, distributed as follows:
International Perspective
The BG Perspective Program also has an International Perspectives requirement that explores the significance of diverse cultures
and addresses international issues and connections. At least one of the courses from either the social and behavioral sciences
or the humanities and arts must contain an international perspective. Courses satisfying this international perspective requirement
are marked with an asterisk (*) in the BG Perspective course lists below. Academic study abroad experiences bearing three
or more credits will count as fulfilling the International Perspectives requirement for purposes of BG Perspective.
IP Learning Outcome
- Articulate the significance of diverse cultures and their modes of thought.
Courses at the 300 and 400 level integrate two or more disciplinary perspectives on the topics, issues or problems under consideration
in the course and require extensive writing, reading and research. It is suggested, although not required, that students complete
at least one BG Perspective course at the 300 or 400 level.
BG Perspective Learning Outcomes for each Knowledge Domain
THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
- Identify issues and problems and formulate and frame these in ways that contribute to their solution.
- Learn how theory is applied to events to produce knowledge.
- Examine the nature of decision making in society from the perspectives of the social sciences and how values impact on that
decision-making.
- Construct and present an argument, identifying the evidence that supports it and the reasoning process by which a conclusion
is reached.
- Articulate the bases of evidence in this discipline, how it is used and the assumptions on which it rests.
THE NATURAL SCIENCES
- Develop the skills and practice of using quantitative and qualitative approaches to study scientific concepts.
- Learn to understand the nature of scientific evidence, how it is obtained and how it is used in the scientific process.
- Solve problems using the logical approach of science.
THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS
Depending on whether this is an art or humanities course you will learn the following:
- Utilize modes of inquiry appropriate to the disciplines in question and explore the subject's connection to human values.
- Develop fluency in verbal and/or non-verbal communication through reading, writing and listening.
- Critically understand the role of language and media: their rhetorical, artistic and symbolic expression and the ways in which
these expressions both reflect and influence culture and society.
- Examine the social and cultural context of art works arising over a variety of historical periods.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES
- Utilize modes of inquiry into the ways ethnic cultures have shaped American life.
- Identify issues and problems in cultural diversity from the perspectives of diverse cultures and locate yourself in your own
culture.
- Engage in critical inquiry into the problems, challenges, and possibilities inherent in a multicultural democracy.
- Develop skills of communication, analysis, and problem solving in a format requiring active participation.
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