Institutional Goals

To achieve its mission, Summit Christian University has established the following Institutional Goals. Graduates of Summit Christian University will able to

– Use critical thinking skills as a guide for Christian belief and action in their lives
– Articulate a Christian worldview as it relates to their faith, learning and living.
– Demonstrate competency in information literacy, biblical understanding, and ministry to others.
– Demonstrate competency in written and oral communication.

Academic Objectives

To achieve its mission, Summit Christian University has established the following Academic Student Objectives. The Adult Learner Guide/Syllabus that accompanies each course addresses one or more of the following expected objectives.

– Students will demonstrate college-level knowledge of the correct use of the mechanics of language and the sequence and process of writing.
– Students will show college-level competency in reading comprehension by being able to understand and communicate key points of assigned reading material.
– Students will reveal college-level ability in analyzing and synthesizing information leading to appropriate analytical reasoning and problem solving.
– Students will possess college-level oral communication skills by researching, organizing, and delivering formal oral communication presentations and exercises.
– Students will demonstrate college-level competencies in mathematics by possessing the ability to use mathematical reasoning and skills to solve problems and describe data.
– Students will show college-level competency in computer applications by developing the mastery of the various computer information skills associated with a connected and wired global society.
– Students will possess college-level research capabilities by interacting with the learning resource centers, and when appropriate, online information sources, to craft the projects, formal papers, and capstone experiences typical of the higher education experience.
– Students will reveal college-level competency in the natural sciences by being familiar with the scientific method, comprehending the major concepts of biological and physical science, and participating in and understanding scientific experiments.
– Students will demonstrate college-level competencies in the social sciences by demonstrating knowledge of the subject matter, major concepts, models, and issues of at least one or more disciplines in the social sciences.
– Students will reveal college-level competencies in the arts and humanities by mastery of the subject matter, major concepts, and be familiar with the main achievements of at least one or more disciplines in the arts and humanities.