INFORMATION SHEET The following information is provided in connection with recent actions taken by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and reported to your institution in a letter from Rex Peebles dated April 3, 2014. ACTION: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON On April 3, 2014, the Coordinating Board approved at the staff level the submission from University of Houston in regards to revisions of the Texas Core Curriculum. Changes will be effective beginning in the fall 2014 semester. University of Houston: 2014 Core Curriculum Revision Component I. Course Selection Process: Approved Component IIa. Core Objective Attainment Process: Approved Component IIb. Core Objective Assessment Plan: Approved Comments: Component III. Approved Courses: 010 Communication ENGL 1303 FIRST YEAR WRITING I ENGL 1304 FIRST YEAR WRITING II ENGL 1370 COMPOSITION II-HONORS WESTERN WORLD LIT II--HONORS ENGL 2361 020 Mathematics MATH 1310 COLLEGE ALGEBRA MATH 1311 ELEM/MATHEMATICAL MODELING MATH 1431 CALCULUS I 030 Life and Physical Sciences BIOL 1309 HUMAN GENETICS AND SOCIETY BIOL 1310 GENERAL BIOLOGY BIOL 1320 GENERAL BIOLOGY BIOL 1361 INTRO TO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE BIOL 1362 INTRO TO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE CHEM 1301 FOUNDATIONS OF CHEM CHEM 1331 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY CHEM 1332 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY INTRO TO GLOBAL CLIMATE GEOL 1302 CHANGE GEOL 1330 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEOL 1340 EARTH SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION TO GEOL 1350 METEOROLOGY INTRODUCTION TO 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 4.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY GEOL 1376 HISTORICAL GEOLOGY NUTR 2332 INTRO TO HUMAN NUTRITION PHAR 2362 PRINCIPLES OF DRUG ACTION PHYS 1301 INTRO GENERAL PHYSICS I PHYS 1302 INTRO GENERAL PHYSICS II PHYS 1305 INTRO ASTRONOMY-SOL SYS PHYS 1321 UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I PHYS 1322 UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II 040 Language, Philosophy and Culture INTRO TO AFRICAN AMERICAN AAS 2320 STDY AAS 2330 BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY ARAB 3340 MODERN & RATIONAL IN ISLAM ARTH 1300 ART AND OUR VISUAL WORLD ARTH 1380 ART & SOCIETY: PREHIST-GOTHIC CHNS 3352 CHIN CUL & SOC THRU MOD LIT CHNS 3360 A LOOK INTO MODERN CHINA GREEK & ROMAN MYTHS OF CLAS 3307 HEROES CLAS 3308 MYTHS & CULT OF ANCIENT GODS CLAS 3366 GREEK ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY CLAS 3374 WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD ENGL 2305 INTRO TO FICTION ENGL 2306 INTRO TO POETRY ENGL 2308 INTRO-NON-FICTION PROSE ENGL 2316 LITERATURE AND CULTURE LIT TRAD OF NONWESTERN ENGL 2325 WORLD ENGL 2340 COSMIC NARRATIVES ENGL 3306 SHAKESPEARE-MAJOR WORKS ENGL 3325 STRUCTURES OF POETRY ENGL 3328 BRITISH LITERATURE, II ENGL 3351 AM LIT SINCE 1865 SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENGL 3360 LIT FREN 3318 HISTORY OF FRENCH CINEMA FREN 3319 HISTORY OF THE FRENCH CINEMA FREN 3321 FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN CINEMA FREN 3322 FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN CINEMA FREN 3362 PARIS AND BERLIN SINCE 1800 FREN 3364 WRITING HOLOCAUSTS GERM 3350 20TH C THRU GERMAN CULTURE GERM 3362 PARIS AND BERLIN SINCE 1800 GERM 3364 WRITING HOLOCAUSTS GEOL 1360 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH GERM 3369 GLBT 2360 HIST 2348 HIST 2351 HIST 2353 HIST HIST HIST HIST HIST 2361 2366 2372 3379 3380 HIST 4330 HON 2301 ILAS 2350 ITAL 3305 ITAL 3306 ITAL 3335 ITAL 3336 JWST 2380 MAS 3340 PHIL PHIL POLS POLS POLS RELS RELS RELS RELS SPAN 1301 1305 3340 3342 3343 1301 2310 2311 2330 3331 SPAN 3373 SPAN 3374 SPAN 3375 WCL 2351 WCL 2352 WCL 2370 WCL 3377 WOST 2350 WORLD WAR I IN LITERATURE 3.00 INTRODUCTION TO GLBT 3.00 STUDIES U.S. LATINO/A HISTORIES 3.00 WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1450 3.00 WESTERN CIVILIZATION FROM 3.00 1450 STUDY OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS 3.00 IRAN THROUGH ITS FILMS 3.00 LATIN AMERICAN HIST SINCE 1820 3.00 WORLD CIV TO 1500 3.00 WORLD CIV SINCE 1500 3.00 FLOWERING OF THE MIDDLE 3.00 AGES HUMAN SITUATION: ANTIQUITY 3.00 INTRODUCTN TO LIBERAL 3.00 STUDIES ITALIAN CULTURE THROUGH 3.00 FILMS ITALIAN CINEMA 3.00 SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE 3.00 SURVEY ITALIAN LIT IN TRANSL 3.00 INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH 3.00 STUDIES MEXICAN AMER URBAN 3.00 COMMUNITIES INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY 3.00 INTRO TO ETHICS 3.00 ANCIENT&MED POL THOUGHT 3.00 LIBERALSM & ITS CRITICS 3.00 DEMOCRATIC THEORY 3.00 INTRO TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3.00 BIBLE AND WESTERN CULTURE I 3.00 BIBLE AND WESTERN CULTURE II 3.00 JUDAISM 3.00 MEXICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3.00 SPANISH CULTURE & 3.00 CIVILIZATION SPAN AMERICAN CULTURE & CIV 3.00 US HISPANIC CULTURE & CIVILIZA 3.00 WORLD CULTURES THRU LIT & 3.00 ARTS WORLD CINEMA 3.00 CULTURES OF INDIA 3.00 MODERN MIDDLE EAST 3.00 INTRO TO WOMEN'S STUDIES 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 050 Creative Arts SURVEY OF ARCHITECTURAL HIST ARCH 2350 I ARCH 2351 SURVEY OF ARCH HISTORY II ARTH 1381 ART & SOC: RENAISS TO MODERN MYTH&PERFORMANCE IN GREEK CLAS 3345 TRAG CLAS 3381 FROM HOMER TO HOLLYWOOD ENGL 2307 INTRO TO DRAMA ENGL 2318 CREATION AND PERFORM OF LIT GERM 3363 THEMES IN GERMAN DRAMA GERM 3381 GERMAN CINEMA GERM 3384 FASCISM AND GERMAN CINEMA GERM 3385 EAST GERMAN CINEMA LATIN AMERICAN HIST THRU FILM HIST 4371 INDS INDS MUSI MUSI 2355 2356 2302 2342 DESIGN HISTORY I DESIGN HISTORY II LISTENING TO JAZZ MUSIC FOR CHILDREN LISTENING TO MUSIC MUSI 3300 MASTERWORKS MUSI 3301 LISTENING TO WORLD MUSIC PHIL 1361 PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS POLS 2346 POLITICS OF GREK THEATER SPANISH CULTURE THROUGH SPAN 3386 FILM THEA 1331 INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE THEA 1332 FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE 060 American History HIST 1376 THE UNITED STATES TO 1877 HIST 1377 THE U S TO 1877 HIST 1378 THE U S SINCE 1877 HIST 1379 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 070 Government/Political Science FEDERAL AND TEXAS POLS 1107 CONSTITUTION POLS 1336 US AND TEXAS CONST/POLITICS US GOVT: CONGRESS,PRES & POLS 1337 CRTS POLS 2336 US/TX CONST, POLITICS & INSTNS 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences ANTH 1300 INTRO ANTHROPOLOGY ANTH 2301 INTRO-PHYSICAL ANTH ANTH 2302 INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTH ANTH 2303 INTRO TO ARCHAEOLOGY 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH 1.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH CUST 2300 ECON 2301 ECON 2304 ECON 2305 ECON 3332 HDFS 2317 HRMA 2365 KIN 1304 POLS 3311 POLS 3354 PSYC 1300 PSYC 2350 PSYC 2351 SOC 1300 SOC 1301 INTRO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES GLOBAL ECONOMIC CONCEPTS MICROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES MACROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES INTERMED MICROECONOMICS INTRO-HUM DEV & FAM STD TOURISM PUBLIC HLT ISSUES IN PHYS/OBES INTRO COMPAR POLITICS LAW AND SOCIETY INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY CHILD DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY HONORS INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY IMPACT MODERN TECH. ON TECH 1313 SOCIETY 090 Component Area Option INTRO TO LANGUAGE AND ANTH 2304 CULTURE ANTH 3348 ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION ANTH 3361 HUMAN ORIGINS ANTH 3381 GLOBAL HINDUISM WOMEN AND GENDER IN ARABIC ARAB 3314 LIT ARCH 1359 DESIGN SINCE 1945 ARTH 3312 PRE-COLUMBIAN ART BCHS 4311 BIOCHEMISTRY LAB II BIOL 3311 GENETICS LABORATORY CLAS 4305 FIFTH-CENTURY ATHENS CLAS 4381 LATIN CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION COMM 1302 INTRO TO COMM THEORY COSC 1306 COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAM DAN 2307 AESTHETICS OF MOVEMENT DAN 3310 DANCE HISTORY I INTRO STATS AND DATA ECON 2370 ANALYSIS ECON 3334 INTERMED MACROECONOMICS INTRODUCTN TO C++ ELET 2300 PROGRAMMING ENGL 2330 WRITING DISCIPLINE ENGLISH GENB 4350 BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS HUMAN ECOSYSTEMS & TECH HDCS 1300 CHANGE DEV OF CONTEMPORARY HDFS 1300 FAMILIES 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 SCH HIST HIST HIST HIST 3314 3333 3351 3369 HIST 4339 HRMA 3358 ITAL 3307 ITAL 3309 ITAL 4308 LAST 3300 MATH 1330 MATH 1432 MATH 2311 MUSI 3303 PHIL 1321 PHIL 1334 PHYS 3313 POLS 2341 POLS 3310 POLS 3312 POLS 3316 PSYC 2344 PSYC 3301 PSYC 3310 PSYC 4321 RELS 2340 RELS 2350 RELS 2360 RELS 3370 RELS 3381 SOC 3351 SPAN 3384 TELS 3363 THEA 2344 TMTH 3360 WCL 4351 WCL 4352 WCL 4356 WCL 4365 WCL 4367 LIB VS. CONSERV: FDR TO PRESEN CHICANO HISTORY SINCE 1910 WORK&FAMILY-MODERN EUR COLONIAL MEXICO MOD EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL HIST HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY LAW ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN WRITERS & FILMMAKERS DANTE AND HIS WORLD LATIN AMERICA: PERSPECTIVES PRECALCULUS CALCULUS II INTRO TO PROB & STATISTICS POP MUSIC OF AMERICAS SN 1840 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 LOGIC I INTRO TO THE MIND ADVANCED LABORATORY I RENAISSANCE CLASSICS INTRO-POLITICAL THEORY INTRO-RESEARCH METHODS STATS FOR POLITICAL SCIENTISTS CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY INTRO PSYCH STATS INDSTRL-ORGNZTNL PSY ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM THE BIBLE AND MODERN SCIENCE GLOBAL HINDUISM SOC CLASS&MOBILTY IN AM INTRO TO HISPANIC LITERATURE TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS AMERICAN DRAMA APP TECH STAT FRAMES OF MODERNITY I FRAMES OF MODERNITY II WORLD FILM AND FILM THEORY WORLD DOCUMENTARY FILM VOICES FROM EXILE AND DIASPORA 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 3.00 SCH Component III. Denied Courses: The following courses were evaluated and did not align with the description of the Foundational Component Area and/or did not incorporate the appropriate Core Objectives. These courses are not approved and may not be included in your 2014 Core Curriculum: 010 Communication HUMAN ECOSYSTEMS & TECH HDCS 1300 CHANGE 050 Creative Arts MUSI 1100 MARCHING BAND MUSI 1102 WIND ENSEMBLE MUSI 1110 JAZZ ORCHESTRA MUSI 1120 UNIVERSITY CHORUS MUSI 1121 CONCERT CHORALE MUSI 1140 ORCHESTRA 090 Component Area Option MUSI 2210 THEORY III TECHNIQUES OF MUSIC SINCE MUSI 2214 1900 Additional Comments: 3.00 SCH 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 2.00 SCH 2.00 SCH As of Fall 2013, transfer students from Texas Community Colleges will not have the opportunity to take GOVT 2301 or GOVT 2302. Please assure that students transferring with only one of the two required government courses meet the requirements in Texas Education Code 51.301. See the Coordinating Board's Core Curriculum FAQ website for appropriate course combinations. The course HDCS 1300 was moved from the Foudational Component Area (FCA) Communication to the Component Area Option (CAO) with a FCA designation of Communication, according to institution request (email 26 March 2014).