diff --git a/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php b/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php
index 06a4fec644a83f8817973c5d2b1cd2610110fc90..816138427da5067408209d925c50209d3cf09553 100644
--- a/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php
+++ b/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ class Courses_CourseModel extends Unl_Model
     );
 
     static protected $_outcomeDescriptions = array(
-        'SLO1'  => 'Write texts, in various forms, with an identified purpose, that respond to specific audience needs, incorporate research or existing knowledge, and use applicable documentation and appropriate conventions of format and structure.',
-        'SLO2'  => 'Demonstrate communication competence in one or more of the following ways: (a) by making oral presentations with supporting materials, (b) by leading and participating in problem-solving teams, (c) by employing a repertoire of communication skills for developing and maintaining professional and personal relationships, or (d) by creating and interpreting visual information.',
-        'SLO3'  => 'Use mathematical, computational, statistical, or formal reasoning (including reasoning based on principles of logic) to solve problems, draw inferences, and determine reasonableness.',
-        'SLO4'  => 'Use scientific methods and knowledge of the natural and physical world to address problems through inquiry, interpretation, analysis, and the making of inferences from data, to determine whether conclusions or solutions are reasonable.',
+        'SLO1'  => 'Write texts, in various forms, with an identified purpose, that respond to specific audience needs, integrate research or existing knowledge, and use applicable documentation and appropriate conventions of format and structure.',
+	'SLO2'  => 'Demonstrate competence in communication skills in one or more of the following ways: (a) by making oral presentations with supporting materials, (b) by leading and participating in problem-solving teams, (c) by employing communication skills for developing and maintaining professional and personal relationships, or (d) by producing and/or interpreting visual information.',
+        'SLO3'  => 'Use mathematical, computational, statistical, logical, or other formal reasoning to solve problems, draw inferences, justify conclusions, and determine reasonableness.',
+        'SLO4'  => 'Use scientific methods and knowledge to pose questions, frame hypotheses, interpret data, and evaluate whether conclusions about the natural and physical world are reasonable.',
         'SLO5'  => 'Use knowledge, historical perspectives, analysis, interpretation, critical evaluation, and the standards of evidence appropriate to the humanities to address problems and issues.',
-        'SLO6'  => 'Use knowledge, theories, methods, and historical perspectives appropriate to the social sciences to understand and evaluate human behavior.',
+        'SLO6'  => 'Use knowledge, theories, and research methods appropriate to the social sciences to understand and evaluate social systems or human behaviors.',
         'SLO7'  => 'Use knowledge, theories, or methods appropriate to the arts to understand their context and significance.',
-        'SLO8'  => 'Explain ethical principles, civics, and stewardship, and their importance to society.',
-        'SLO9'  => 'Exhibit global awareness or knowledge of human diversity through analysis of an issue.',
+        'SLO8'  => 'Use knowledge, theories, and analysis to explain ethical principles and their importance in society',
+        'SLO9'  => 'Demonstrate knowledge of human or global diversity through analysis of an issue.',
         'SLO10' => 'Generate a creative or scholarly product that requires broad knowledge, appropriate technical proficiency, information collection, synthesis, interpretation, presentation, and reflection.'
     );