Consistent with its mission and guiding principles, Florida Gulf Coast University is committed to academic excellence and continuous quality improvement, as supported by a sound teaching-learning process. Within this process, students and instructors share responsibility for learning that is a movement from the simple to the complex, the concrete to the abstract, and the dependent to the independent. The Academic Learning Compact (ALC) initiative supports the teaching-learning process by clearly identifying expected core student learning outcomes in the areas of content/discipline knowledge and skills, communication skills, and critical thinking skills; aligning curricula with expectations; and using assessment to guide continuous improvement.

Graduates will be able to:

1. Recognize the impact of diversity on business operations.
2. Analyze ethical issues as they apply to management.
3. Propose solutions to solve business problems with an awareness of environmental responsibility.
4. Solve managerial problem.
5. Work effectively in teams.
6. Explain key management theories and practices

Content/discipline knowledge and skills are assessed at the college and departmental levels through ETS Major Field Tests and papers, exams, and other projects completed in the following required courses: GEB 4890 Business Strategy, MAN 3025 Principles of Management, MAN 3301 Human Resource Management, MAN 3046 Team & Group Process, MAN 3063 Organizational Ethics & Values; MAN 4600 International Management and MAN 3281 Systems Thinking & Problem Solving.

Graduates will be able to:

1. Employ the conventions of standard written English.
2. Select a topic, and develop it for a specific audience and purpose, with respect for diverse perspectives.
3. Select, organize, and relate ideas and information with coherence, clarity, and unity.

Communication skills are assessed as part of the General Education Program through papers, exams, and projects completed in ENC 1101 Composition I, ENC 1102 Composition II, and HUM 2510 Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts. Communication skills are also assessed in the capstone course GEB 4890 Business Strategy.

Graduates will be able to:

1. Select and organize information.
2. Identify assumptions and underlying relationships.
3. Synthesize information, and draw reasoned inferences.
4. Formulate an appropriate problem solving strategy.
5. Evaluate the feasibility of the strategy.

Critical thinking skills are assessed as part of the General Education Program through papers, exams, and projects completed in ENC 1101 Composition I, ENC 1102 Composition II, and HUM 2510 Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts. Critical thinking skills are also assessed in the capstone course GEB 4890 Business Strategy.