Who We Are

UA Cossatot Mission

UA Cossatot embraces diversity and is committed to improving the lives of those in our region by providing quality education, outstanding service, and relevant industry training.

UA Cossatot Core Values

We believe in the humanity of each individual, and no one has the right, in word or deed, to lower the existence of another human being.
We believe each student should have the opportunity to excel to his/her full potential to acquire skills for the workplace and to enrich himself/herself through general education to become more understanding and tolerant of human differences.
We believe integrity, honesty, perseverance, patience, kindness, justice, and faith in one’s personal efforts are hallmarks to which the College shall always strive toward and help our students to achieve these values.
We believe a rural college must be comprehensive in its curriculum and open to the varying academic differences and past experiences of our stakeholders. Through superior service and mastery of teaching, we will help students to help themselves become the individuals they strive to be.

UA Cossatot Vision

UA Cossatot is an institution esteemed by the communities it serves for producing quality graduates, collaborating in economic development activities, and participating in the education of our citizens.

UA Cossatot, a well-developed system of three strategically located campuses, is taking the college to the communities it serves. It is convenient for the current workforce, the unemployed, and those seeking new skills.

UA Cossatot has a flexible, tenacious staff of risk takers who seek new and improved means to deliver comprehensive curricula and services to its constituents. Curricula are up-to-date and structured with diverse learning patterns to meet the needs of its students. Services are provided with commitment, compassion, and caring.

UA Cossatot enjoys the diversity of its student population and welcomes all students from the region, state, nation, and the world.

UA Cossatot Philosophy of General Education

UA Cossatot believes that general education is providing the opportunity for students to acquire knowledge and skills necessary for living and working in today’s global society.

The College has established a required core of general education courses for the Associate of Applied Science degrees, the Associate of Arts and Science degrees, and the Technical Certificates. General education is integrated into teaching each college course so that one or more of these concepts are practiced.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who earn an Associate’s degree or Technical Certificate are expected to demonstrate proficiency in the following competencies:

Personal and Global Awareness

Students will:

demonstrate an awareness and appreciation for cultural diversity.
analyze and contrast historic, political, cultural, social, environmental, or economic factors that shape contemporary public issues.
establish awareness of self in the context of society.
acknowledge personal needs for health, fitness, and safety.
exemplify integrity, ethical behavior, and social responsibility in academic, vocational, and personal pursuits.

Problem Solving

Students will:

select appropriate strategies to gather data suitable to a problem or task.
apply appropriate quantitative reasoning skills to solve problems.
interpret data, perform calculations, and analyze the validity of results.
identify information needed to clarify and solve problems/tasks.

Critical Thinking

Students will:

evaluate information for usefulness and validity.
apply scientific reasoning and processes in new and varied contexts utilizing technology and real world situations.
examine issues by identifying and challenging assumptions and biases, including one’s own, and by distinguishing substantiated fact from opinion or misinformation.

Communication

Students will:

read for comprehension in order to restate and summarize written information.
write clearly, concisely and accurately.
speak clearly and logically and use appropriate nonverbal communication.
listen for comprehension in order to interpret and explain information.
organize information and cite resources properly.