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Core Curriculum Approval Form
CORE CURRICULUM COURSE APPROVAL
Guidelines for Submission
Individuals proposing a new course for the core must submit a completed copy of the attached
form, Inventory of Core Course Components. The information requested should explain
precisely how that course satisfies the mission statement printed below, as well as relevant
sections of the University’s Millennium Vision Statement.
Core Curriculum Mission Statement
The core curriculum leads students to an appreciation of the arts, humanities, and
sciences, an understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity, and a
commitment to lifelong learning. Additionally, the core curriculum provides
undergraduate students with equally important skills in critical thinking,
communication, and information technology. Courses approved for the core
curriculum endeavor to integrate the academic substance and methodological
rigor provided by the arts, humanities, sciences, and mathematics. Finally, the
core curriculum teaches students civility, ethics, personal integrity, and
leadership skills.
Additional Documentation
Additional documentation must include a copy of the proposed course syllabus, and should
include any other material deemed relevant by the submitting entity. This document does not
substitute for any form, report, or other document required by the University Curriculum
Committee regarding new or substantively revised courses.
Commentary
The Core Curriculum Committee understands that it may not be possible for every course
submitted for review and approval to have included all elements contained in the Mission
Statement. The Committee, however, is expecting a preponderance of elements to be delivered in
each course. The Committee also seeks to assure, for the combination of courses constituting the
adopted core, that all of the elements are both included and evenly distributed. The Committee
seeks to minimize the probability that, by taking any combination of required core courses, any
student would not be exposed to all of the elements contained in the Mission Statement. In
addition to the initial approval of courses for inclusion in the core, the Committee will engage in
both a periodic review of previously approved courses to assure continued compliance and an
evaluation of the core curriculum in toto to assure that no elements are diminished in value.
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INVENTORY OF CORE COURSE COMPONENTS
Course no. and title:
Date submitted
Originating college and department:
Principal instructor
Directions
Please complete this form with as much detail as possible. The purpose is to demonstrate
the methodology and outcomes that will be employed to deliver and measure instructional
components contained in the University’s New Millennium Vision Statement and the Core
Curriculum Mission Statement (cover page). For each instructional component included in the
course, please explain (1) how you will introduce the skill or perspective to the students; (2) in
what activities, if any, will the students be engaged to reinforce the skill or perspective; and (3), if
appropriate, how students will be evaluated on the skill or perspective.
INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS: SKILLS
Critical thinking skills
Written communication skills
Oral/Verbal communication skills
Information technology/Computer
literacy skills
Quantitative skills (Computational
skills, mathematics)
Leadership skills
Methodological rigor of the
discipline (including hypothesis
construction and testing)
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INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS: PERSPECTIVES
Cultural diversity, globalization,
internationalism
Civility, ethics, and personal
integrity
Commitment to lifelong learning
EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (see CB report on Assumptions and
Defining Characteristics for objectives related to your core component--example given is
from natural sciences)
1. To understand and apply method and
appropriate technology to the study of natural
sciences.
2. To recognize scientific and quantitative
methods and the differences between these
approaches and other methods of inquiry and
to communicate findings, analyses, and
interpretation both orally and in writing.
3. To identify and recognize the differences
among competing scientific theories.
4. To demonstrate knowledge of the major
issues and problems facing modern science,
including issues that touch upon ethics,
values, and public policies.
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5 To demonstrate knowledge of the
interdependence of science and technology and
their influence on, and contribution to, modern
culture.
Attachments: Please attach a complete course syllabus to this proposal.
Signatures:
Signature, dean of the college making the submission
Date
Signature, Chair University Core Curriculum Committee
Date
Signature, Chair Undergraduate Council
Signature, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Date
Date
After all approvals, notification should be sent to the Registrar’s Office, Academic Advising Office and
the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.