CORE CURRICULUM
PROPOSAL FOR COURSE INCLUSION
For additional information, visit http://www.uta.edu/provost/core-curriculum/index.php
COURSE INFORMATION
Core Component Area
(select only one)
To select the core component area, double click on
the corresponding box; in the menu that appears,
under “default” value, selected “checked.” Click
“OK.”
Communication
Mathematics
Life & Physical Sciences
Language, Philosophy & Culture
Social/Behavioral Sciences
Creative Arts
US History
Government/Political Science
Course type:
New Course
Existing Course
Course Prefix & Number
Texas Common Course Number
– TCCN (if applicable)
School or College
Department or Program
Course Title
Course Catalog Description
Number of sections to be
offered per year
Contact Information
Name:
Email:
Phone:
In the box below, describe how this course aligns to the component area:
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CORE OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSMENT
Each course included in the core curriculum must address the core objectives for the
appropriate component area. Please respond to each of the core objectives below by
providing a description of how the course will address each objective and ways in which
students’ level of mastery of each objective will be assessed, either by a course-based
assessment or by signature assignments designed for communal assessment. Please
refer to attached syllabus for specific assignments.
In the narrative responses below, please indicate how the objective is tied to specific
assignment(s). Departments must choose one option for all sections of the course. The
option will remain in effect until a department desiring to change the mode of assessment
reapplies via the ongoing core curriculum course change process.
Assessment
Assessment
for this
course will
be:
Individual – The objectives will be assessed through coursebased assessment (all sections) and the assessment plan with
relevant assessment tools are attached (assignment, rubrics, etc.)
Communal – The objectives will be assessed through communal
assessment using signature assignments.
Coordinating Board Objectives
Please select the relevant objectives based upon the component areas.
Critical Thinking Skills
ALL AREAS
Communication
ALL AREAS
Empirical and Quantitative Skills
Mathematics, Life & Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences
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Teamwork
Life & Physical Sciences, Creative Arts, Communication
Personal Responsibility
Communication, LP&C, History, Government
Social Responsibility
L,P&C, Creative Arts, History, Government, Social & Behavioral Sciences
COURSE SYLLABUS
Attach a complete course syllabus (may be a sample syllabus for courses with many
sections) which demonstrates the strategies and assessments/assignments referenced
above. While textbooks, content-specific assignments, and (to an extent) content may
vary among sections of a single course, each department must ensure that the core
objectives and assessment/signature assignments are consistent throughout all sections.
Be sure to clearly identify assignments/assessment and their attached objectives. The
course syllabus must contain a course purpose statement, which must specify to students
that the course fulfills the requirements for a particular core component area (i.e. “This
course satisfies the UT Arlington core curriculum requirement in mathematics.”) The
states outcomes for the course must also included the core objectives attached to the
component area to which the course belongs.
SUBMISSION
Email this form, any assessment documents and the syllabus to: vannoort@uta.edu
Kimberly van Noort, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
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