Human Relations Skills: Communication, collaboration, multiculturalism, and management/leadership
- Communication. Communicate effectively in various forms using an appropriate channel for the situation.
- Teamwork and Collaboration. Work effectively and ethically within and across groups/teams to achieve common goals.
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Apply and analyze multicultural strategies to facilitate respectful and equitable inclusion of diverse individuals and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.
Core Business Principles: Quantitative and qualitative analysis, application, synthesis, and evaluation (economics, accounting, marketing, finance, ethics/legal)
- Strategic Thinking. Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate business problems in order to design and execute effective and ethical business solutions.
- Information Competency. Apply appropriate information location, selection, and attribution norms to solve business problems.
Business Model Orientation: Sustainability, entrepreneurship
- Sustainable Business Model. Analyze and evaluate the impact of various business models on communities, the environment, and the society at large.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset. Demonstrate an action-oriented entrepreneurial mindset open to innovation, opportunities, and change in order to capture, create, and communicate value in business settings.
Fundamental Areas of Knowledge and Core Abilities Outcomes
General Education at Pierce College prepares graduates to live and work in a dynamically changing world by emphasizing whole student development through fundamental areas of knowledge and the college five core abilities.