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MSU Graduates are Local and Global Citizens 

Graduates demonstrate effective strategies to listen and respond to others. They act with integrity in establishing respectful relationships and productively manage conflict to reach ethical outcomes. Graduates understand sources of identities, their own and others, and how identities influence civic values, assumptions, responsibilities and community engagement. They apply knowledge of diverse cultures, histories, values, or conflicts that have shaped the US and other world societies to better understand current events, US democratic and other global political institutions, or social life. Graduates value the important role informed, engaged citizens play in democratic societies and can determine for themselves what political and social issues, problems or policies they wish to engage with as citizens. 

Student work from the CS, D, and US core perspectives are required to incorporate the Local and Global Citizens learning outcome into their course and assignments.  The following Core perspectives may choose the Local and Global Citizens learning outcome as a part of their course and assignments:  IA, IH, IN, IS, R.  The Core Curriculum Committee will request student work that has been designed to meet specific criteria for program assessment using a 3-Point Rubric determining whether work is Proficient, Developing, or Beginning. Courses integrating the Effective Communicators learning objective are encouraged to address all criteria, but must address a minimum of 4 out of 6 criteria, and design assignments that can be collected to demonstrate the following: 

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Proficient  

Developing  

Beginning  

Criteria not addressed 

Active Engagement: Listening, Responding & Valuing Diverse Perspectives 

 

Synthesizes other perspectives by listening effectively to others, valuing their perspective or points of view and incorporating them into their responses.  

  

Identifies and explains other perspectives or points of view but does not synthesize them with their own when responding to others.        

  

Maintains preference for own perspective in responding to others while not listening to or acknowledging other perspectives and points of views  

  

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Integrity in Relationship Building & Ethical Conflict Resolution* 

Actively seeks input from all involved parties, encouraging collaboration and fostering an inclusive approach to resolution.  

Seeks input from most parties, though may miss opportunities for collaboration or establishing relationships. Shows “some” effort to engage others for collaboration through ethical performance or behavior.  

  

  

Works in isolation; does not involve others in collaborative relationships or conflict resolution, process, working in isolation, or Identifies the basic integrity in relationships (whether among individuals, firms, or organizations) through ethical and honest performance or behavior  

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Identity Analysis: Uncovering Influences on Civic Values & Community Engagement of Self and Others 

  

Provides in depth evaluation of sources of identities and how they influenced civic values, assumptions, responsibilities and/or community engagement  

Analyzes sources of identities at a surface level and shows some connections to how they influence civic values, assumptions, responsibilities and/or community engagement  

Describes sources of identities but does not show how identities influenced civic values, assumptions, responsibilities and/or community engagement  

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Cultural & Historical Context: Interpreting Current Events Through Diverse Insights  

  

Makes strong connections between diverse cultures, histories, values, or conflicts and current events and/or social life to better explain and contextualize them  

  

Describes some connections between diverse cultures, histories, values, or conflicts and current events/social life but explanations are limited or missing key points  

  

Identifies and summarizes diverse cultures, histories, values, or conflicts but does not show how they inform or connect to current events/social life  

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Civic Reflection: Recognizing the Impact of Informed, Engaged Citizens in Democratic Societies 

  

Evaluates with deeper analysis, critically evaluates the role informed, engaged citizens play in democratic societies, including demonstrating their importance and value for democratic societies  

Acknowledges the role informed, engaged citizens play in democratic societies and offers some insight into that role but does not provide further analysis or reflection about its importance or value for democratic societies   

Briefly mentionsthe importance of engaged citizens play in a democratic society but does not provide specific dimensions of that role and/or further analysis or reflection about its importance or value for democratic societies  

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Civic Prioritization: Identifying Issues, Problems, and Policies to Engage With 

 

 

  

Identifies the multiple dimensions and intersecting factors of a social issue, problem, or policy they wish to engage with   

Explains some aspects of a social issue, problem, or policy they wish to engage with as citizens but missed important dimensions or factors in the analysis  

Identifies the basic dimensions of a social issue, problem, or policy they wish to engage with as citizens  

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*Best assessed with an assignment that requires teamwork or interpersonal interaction. 

Feedback on these rubrics and potential assignments to the Core Curriculum Committee is appreciated for continuous improvement of this assessment process.