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Quincy University’s educational mission, rooted in the Catholic and Franciscan traditions, encompasses two key aspects: who we want our students to be and what we want our students to know. Our goal is to instill values in our graduates that enable them to pursue wisdom and transform the world while imparting the knowledge and skills essential for successful and productive lives.
The common educational experience provided for our students is the Bonaventure Program, named after St. Bonaventure, a 13th-century Franciscan scholar. This program includes knowledge in the traditional liberal arts and sciences, encouraging students to use disciplinary and interdisciplinary modes of inquiry to explore the natural and human world. This exploration requires reflection on ultimate questions and intellectual engagement with diverse perspectives and cultures. In the Franciscan tradition, this journey emphasizes openness to the truth of others, respect for persons, and the integrity and goodness of creation. This journey is undertaken in the community and oriented towards action worldwide. The goals of a liberal arts education-academic breadth, civic engagement, and critical reading, writing, and thinking-are supplemented by the Franciscan values of respect, justice, peace, and service.
The Bonaventure Program aims to set students on the path of lifelong learning and guide them to become thoughtful, moral individuals. The learning outcomes of the Bonaventure Program include knowledge, skills, and dispositions. These outcomes are assessed at the program level within the arts and sciences disciplines.
The following learning outcomes are assessed at the University level:
Written Communication
Students will demonstrate skill in writing by following generally accepted standards for clear, coherent, audience-centered writing.
Oral Communication
Students will demonstrate skill in speech by following generally accepted standards for clear, coherent, audience-centered speaking.
Information Literacy
Students will access needed information, critically evaluate information and its sources, and use information effectively, ethically and legally for specific purposes.
Critical Reasoning
Students will explore, analyze, and synthesize information in a comprehensive manner prior to coming to a conclusion.
Problem-Solving
Students will utilize appropriate strategic planning processes to answer questions and/ or reach desired goals.
Global Perspective
Students will demonstrate an understanding of global issues, conflicts and decisions, including the worldviews of other societies, and their impact on individuals and the global community.
Knowledge of Diversity
Students will demonstrate an understanding of multiple forms of discrimination, the perspectives of groups and individuals affected by discrimination, poverty and/ or other inequities, and the contributions of underrepresented or marginalized social groups.
Ethical Reasoning
Students will apply ethical reflection to a variety of personal, professional, and social issues, using knowledge of multiple ethical theories and perspectives.
Knowledge of Franciscan Values
Students will demonstrate knowledge about St. Francis and key Franciscan values.
Creativity
Students will utilize imagination and original thought to synthesize and/or create innovative results such as concepts, arguments, works of art, activities, etc.
Inquiry
Students will investigate issues, questions, works, and/or things and pursue knowledge independently.
Civic Engagement
Students will integrate civic engagement into their participation in civic activities.
Leadership
Students will apply knowledge of effective leadership to their participation in leadership activities.
Critical Self-Reflection and Personal, Intellectual, and Spiritual Growth
Students will practice critical self-analysis as reflective, educated and ethical persons who pursue wisdom.
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