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Graduate attributes
From 2010, the University has a new set of graduate attributes. They will be progressively built into all coursework programs. The development of the new graduate attributes has been an engaged consultative process involving students, staff and the sector.
Programs, courses, University teaching and the learning experience will be informed by the graduate attributes, a combination of graduate qualities and generic skills, expressed through program learning outcomes.
The University community, both students and staff, shares responsibility for fostering and realising the graduate attributes.
Graduate qualities
The graduate qualities are themes that the University community values, and therefore seeks to foster through all of its programs and the student’s broader experience at the University. The University provides opportunities for students to be:
- creative and critical thinkers, generating original ideas and concepts, and appreciating innovation and entrepreneurship
- empowered, having both the capacity and confidence to pursue the attainment of full potential
- engaged, contributing positively to diverse communities through service and leadership
- ethical, acting with integrity in intellectual, professional and community pursuits
- knowledgeable, building disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge through a scholarly approach incorporating global and regional perspectives
- sustainability-focused, responding to ecological, social and economic imperatives
Generic skills
Generic skills are transferable skills that are valued by the University as being important outcomes of a University education. These skills are those identified as important by employers, government and the higher education sector. Students will be supported to develop the following generic skills:
- communication
- collaboration
- problem solving
- organisation
- applying technologies
- information literacy
Program learning outcomes
Program learning outcomes are the specific learning outcomes that are identified, mapped, taught, practised and assessed within each USC program. They incorporate the graduate qualities and generic skills interpreting them in relation to the disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies that inform the program.
More information
Contact the Office of Learning and Teaching (
gradatts@usc.edu.au) for more information.