Academic Skill
Graduates of APUS will possess academic skill related to their specific discipline.  The graduate will master the generally accepted theories, concepts, principles, and/or practices associated with their discipline enabling them to live and work productively in a global, diverse, and technological society. 

Communication
Graduates of APUS will be able to clearly communicate ideas in written form.

Critical Thinking
Graduates of APUS will be able to analytically identify issues with the ability to evaluate problems, formulate solutions, and evaluate the consequences. Graduates will be able to express a variety of other viewpoints and methods of inquiry.

Information Literacy
Graduates of APUS will be technologically proficient in accessing and using information. The graduate will be able to gather information from a variety of sources, use information in an appropriate manner to address issues and take action.

Lifelong Learning
Graduates of APUS will have the ability to identify, pursue and acquire specific and new knowledge after the end of formal schooling. They will be able to apply this knowledge in real world settings.

General Education Level Student Learning Outcomes 

In addition to the learning outcomes listed in the above section, undergraduate students can expect to achieve the following learning outcomes in the general education program. 

General Education Skills and Values
Breadth of learning
Graduates will be able to use knowledge across a wide diversity of subjects, views, works, and authors, from which they will have a general academic foundation, preferences for further study, and broad awareness.

Lifelong learning
Graduates will be able to identify their personal, academic, and professional/career goals and strategies that are integrated within a meaningful approach to life.

Reading and analysis
Graduates will be able to effectively read, write, and analyze across a number of disciplines.

Problem solving
Graduates will be able to identify issues and problems, then formulate and frame solutions to those problems.

General Education Knowledge
Social Sciences
Graduates will understand the nature of decision-making in society and how societal values influence decision-making.
Graduates will know how theory is applied to events in order to produce knowledge.

Science and Mathematics (These are separate sections now)
Graduates will be capable of applying quantitative and qualitative approaches to study mathematical and scientific concepts.
Graduates will know how to solve problems using mathematical and/or scientific logic.

English
Graduates will be able to construct and present an argument, identify supporting evidence and reach conclusions.
Graduates will know how to write compositions and essays in appropriate professional formats.

Literature and Humanities
Graduates will be able to examine and interpret recognized works within their social, cultural, and historical contexts and significance.
Graduates will possess awareness for the human experience as portrayed in art, literature, and/or foreign languages.

History
Graduates will be able to conduct historical research and investigation, consulting appropriate sources.
Graduates will be able to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
Graduates will be able to produce historical essays that are coherent, cogent, and grammatically correct.
Graduates will be able to make informed judgments about the past by gathering relevant information, placing it in context, interpreting it, and applying that information to contemporary events.