33 Competencies and Communication Abilities
Starting in your first semester and continuing throughout your academic journey at LaGuardia you will practice 21st century skills known as core competencies and communication abilities. These competencies and abilities will enable you to use knowledge from your classes in new ways and to build the skills that colleges and employers value. While these skills support what you’re learning in your major, they will also be useful to you, whether you transfer early, graduate and transfer to a four-year college, go straight into a job or new career, or as a lifelong learner.
As a LaGuardia student, you will strengthen your proficiency in these three competencies:
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Competency |
Helps you… |
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Inquiry and Problem Solving |
identify an issue, find evidence to solve it, and see if the solutions work |
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Global Learning |
combine your class knowledge with the world around you whether it is in another part of the world or your local neighborhood |
| Integrative Learning |
connect your class learning to other classes and what goes on in your everyday life |
You will also build your skills in these three communication abilities: writing, speaking, and digital communication.
Learn
Watch this short video below about the value of the competencies and communication abilities made by a LaGuardia student.
Apply
Come up with an example for each of the competencies and abilities in:
- your classes at LaGuardia,
- your major, OR
- your current/future career
Reflect
Which of the competencies would you like to strengthen? Why? Which of the communication abilities would you like to further develop? How will you do this?
