The proposed educational framework aims to establish a cohesive and unified core, serving as a foundational base for all majors and minors. It enhances students’ opportunities to pursue double majors or minors, facilitates smoother transitions for transfer students and allows for timely graduation. The system emphasizes flexibility, enabling students to explore diverse electives or follow themed Pathways throughout their undergraduate journey. Additionally, it incorporates college-managed advanced education requirements tailored to individual student, curricular and professional demands, ensuring a comprehensive and progressive core education.
| AREA | HOURS REQUIRED |
|---|---|
| FOUNDATIONAL CORE | |
| First Year Compass Course (CC) | 2 |
| Written Composition (FC) | 6 |
| Natural (NS) & Mathematical Science (MA) | 11 (3 hours must be MA) |
| History (HI) Social & Behavioral Sciences (SB) | 9 (3 hours must be HI) |
| Humanities (HU) Literature (L) Fine Arts (FA) World Languages (FL) | 9 (3 hours must be L) |
| UPPER-DIVISION CORE | |
| US & Global Citizenship (GC) | 3 |
| Advanced Writing (W) | 3 |
Core Designation Templates
Core curriculum classes must meet standards approved by Core Curriculum Oversight Committee for each of the core curriculum subject areas (i.e. Social Behavioral, History, Literature, etc.).
The standards for each subject area are provided below as guidance to faculty and staff. Faculty wishing to propose a new core course, or classification of an existing course as a core course, need to refer to the detailed workflows to determine the path in their college to getting approval.
