University Learning Goals
Meritus University strives for real-world relevance. We believe that by encouraging both students and faculty to share practical experience while studying theoretical principles, makes learning more personally relevant and much more effective.
The University has established five broad "learning goals" that guide curriculum development, instruction, learning assessment, and program evaluation and improvement. The first of these goals, professional competence and values, relates to the discipline-specific course and program content. The remaining four goals; critical thinking, problem solving, communication, information utilization, and collaboration relate to the development of competence in essential intellectual and social processes.
The University's teaching and learning model is grounded in the theoretical and empirical literature of learning and cognitive psychology. The model is based first on the assumption that the learner's active involvement in the learning process leads students to effective development of academic and professional competence.
Our curriculum is faculty-developed and centrally-managed with objectives and outcomes that are clearly defined. Individual instructors have the responsibility to expand and enhance the basic curriculum by augmenting it with current resources and practices.
