THE COMMON CURRICULUM
CCDR – EXPL
Common Curriculum Designation Review: Explanation of Content
You have been asked to provide supplemental information about a course so that the Gen Ed
Board can determine whether it should count for a particular Common Curriculum designation.
The submission deadlines are given below. Any course for which supplemental information is
not submitted by the deadline will have the CC designation under review removed with
immediate effect. Please note that changes to CC designations do not apply retroactively to
completed courses.
Course will be taught again…
Spring term 2016
Fall term 2016 or later
Deadline
1 February 2016
25 April 2016
CHECKLIST of required information:
o Course Syllabus
o Course Details
o Check Common Curriculum designation(s) sought
o Content Explanation
Part 1. Please provide the course details:
Course Number
Course Title (Full)
Instructor(s)
Department/Program
PART 2. Please check the Common Curriculum Designation to be reviewed:
Check CC Code
Common Curriculum Designation
HUL
LITERATURE
LCC
LANGUAGES & CULTURES
QMR
QUANTITATIVE & MATHEMATICAL REASONING
SCLB
NATURAL SCIENCE with LAB
SET
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, and TECHNOLOGY
Please note that you may not use this form to apply for a new CC designation for the course. If you wish to apply
for a new designation, complete CCDR-RSB instead. Located at: WEB LINK
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PART 3. Please review the category content requirements below. The majority of, or all of,
your course content should reflect the content requirements. Please describe the content of
your course that meets the requirement for the relevant CC designation:
Common Curriculum Category Content Requirements
LITERATURE (HUL) Content Requirements
A Literature course will provide instruction and guidance through which students:
 Read critically some of the important works and modes of world literature; works of
literature are narrowly defined here to mean traditional written texts such as books,
essays, pamphlets, plays, or the like.
 Interpret literature through specific knowledge of literary traditions, literary devices,
and critical approaches.
LANGUAGES AND CULTURES (LCC) Content Requirements
Languages and Cultures courses, the equivalent in advanced foreign-language training, or
greater familiarity with cultures gained through lived experiences will provide instruction and
guidance through which students:
 Acquire a conscious and respectful recognition of cultural diversity and complexity
within an understanding of our shared humanity.
 Better enable students as citizens of a global community to act across cultural
boundaries justly, disinterestedly, and on the basis of human equality.
QUANTITATIVE AND MATHEMATICAL REASONING (QMR) Content Requirements
A Quantitative and Mathematical Reasoning course will provide instruction and guidance
through which students:
 Comprehend problems and express solutions using the language of mathematics,
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quantitative reasoning, and problem solving that requires rigorous logical
demonstrations with multiple steps.
Make use of symbolic and abstract representations and adapt non-trivial algorithms.
NATURAL SCIENCES WITH LAB (SCLB) Content Requirements
A Natural Sciences with Lab course will provide instruction and guidance through which
students:
 Understand how science and the scientific method work.
 Comprehend the difference between a hypothesis and a theory, how data are
interpreted, and how hypotheses are formed.
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY (SET) Content Requirements
A Science, Engineering, and Technology course will provide instruction and guidance through
which students:
 Develop an understanding of how foundational principles and methodologies in science,
engineering, or technology are used to analyze and manipulate the natural and physical
world.
 Evaluate evidence, results, and claims related to the impact of science, engineering, or
technology on broader human or societal issues.
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