Learning Outcomes

CADENCE recognizes advising as a teaching and learning process with a defined curriculum and learning goals. CADENCE initiatives are designed to support students in developing educational plans, based on defined personal and career goals, by the end of their first semester, and in creating career profiles, drawing effectively on their educational experiences, by the final semester of their degree program.

These educational plans and career profiles provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate the achievement of CADENCE’s two stated learning outcomes:

  • Educational Planning: Students will be able to develop and utilize educational plans based on defined personal and career goals.
  • Integration and Reflection: Students will be able to articulate and document the significance of curricular and co-curricular experiences in the achievement of defined personal and career goals.
The first outcome is captured in the first part of the CADENCE acronym (Connect, Assess, Develop), with the second reflected in the words of the last four letters (Engage, Navigate, Create, Excel).