Global Outcomes

All programs at Lake Washington Technical College aim to provide students with workplace skills that include Communication, Critical Thinking, Global and Cultural Awareness, Teamwork, and Technical and Information Literacy. Each program includes coursework used to assess student performance in these global outcomes.

Communication

The ability to understand, interpret, and respond to information conveyed in verbal, non-verbal, written and symbolic ways using a variety of formats.

Critical Thinking

The ability to address problems using factual information to formulate related, new information.

Global and Cultural Awareness

The ability to connect to the world via the people in it through their traditions, ways of life, mores, ethnicities, behaviors, and beliefs.

Teamwork

The ability to work cooperatively in a group to advance a common goal.

Technical and Information Literacy

The ability to understand and use computers, software, and other equipment to perform job tasks and to search for, gather, evaluate, and use information resources that may come in a variety of formats.