UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUM
All current undergraduate students (admitted prior to Fall 2008) and new transfer students admitted in the
2008-2009 and 2009-2010* academic years will complete a version of the Core Curriculum:
• If students have fewer than 45 credits in transfer, they will complete the full Core Curriculum using
Core or GenEd courses taken at Temple or the equivalent transfer courses, with the
exception of two Writing Intensive courses, which must be taken at Temple;
• If students have 45 or more credits in transfer, they will complete the 45+ Core Curriculum using Core
or GenEd courses taken at Temple or the equivalent transfer courses, with the exception of two Writing
Intensive courses, which must be taken at Temple;
• If students have completed an approved Associate’s degree from a Core-to-Core partner institution,
their University Core Curriculum is complete with the exception of two Writing Intensive courses, which
must be taken at Temple. A listing of current Core-to-Core agreements can be viewed at:
www.temple.edu/vpus/transfer/agreements.htm
Full Core Curriculum
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Composition (CO, RC)
Intellectual Heritage (IA, IB)
American Culture (AC, RU)
The Arts (AR, RA)
The Individual & Society (IN, RN)
International Studies/Language (IS, LA, LB, LC, RG)
Quantitative Reasoning (QA, QB)
Science & Technology (SA, SB)
Studies in Race (RS, RC, RU, RA, RN, RG, WR)
Additional Writing Intensive Courses
(WI, WR, XA, XC, XN, XS)
(0 credits)
(3 credits)
(6 credits)
(3 credits)
(3 credits)
(3 credits)
(3-6 credits)
(6-8 credits)
(6-8 credits)
(3 credits)
(3-9 credits)
Note: The number of credits each individual student must complete to satisfy certain Core areas may be
dependent upon placement test results and course selections.
Each Core area has a list of courses approved as satisfying the requirements for that area. Descriptions of Core
courses are available in the online Course Descriptions catalog within the Undergraduate Bulletin at
www.temple.edu/bulletin/ugradbulletin/ucd/ucdtoc.html
The two-letter Required Course Identifier (RCI) provides information on the Core requirement that a given
course will meet. A listing of all Core RCIs is available before the Core course list on the website.
For a full description of the Core Curriculum, the 45+ Core Curriculum, Core policies, descriptions of the Core
areas, and other Core-related information, see the Core Curriculum section of the Undergraduate Bulletin at
www.temple.edu/bulletin/Academic_programs/core/generalinfo/core_generalinfo.shtm
Students required to complete any version of the Core Curriculum can use GenEd courses to satisfy the Core
equivalent area. See below.
Core Area
Core RCI
GenEd RCI
IAIII
General Education
EquivalentI
Analytical Reading &
Writing
Mosaic I
College Composition
COII
Intellectual Heritage
I
Intellectual Heritage
II
Arts
Individual & Society
Quantitative
Reasoning
Studies in Race
Science B
American Culture
International Studies
IBIV
Mosaic II
GZ
AR
IN
QA or QBV
Arts
Human Behavior
Quantitative Literacy
GA
GB
GQ
RS
SB
AC
IS
Race & Diversity
Science & Technology
U.S. Society
World Society
GD
GS
GU
GG
GW
GY
Notes:
I All General Education course numbers begin with “08XX”; all General Education Honors courses begin with
“09XX.”
II Effective Fall 2008, English 1002: College Composition (CO); English 1012: College Composition ESL (CO);
English 1022: College Composition (RC); and English 1977: Honors Introduction to Literature and Composition
(CO/HO) are no longer offered, except at the Japan campus. Choose from the GW (English 0802, 0812, or 0902:
Analytical Reading and Writing) sections to complete your Core Composition requirement.
III Effective Fall 2008, Intellectual Heritage 1196 (IA), Intellectual Heritage 1297 (IB), Intellectual Heritage 1996
(IA/HO), and Intellectual Heritage 1997 (IB/HO) - are no longer offered, except at the Japan campus. Choose
from GY (Mosaic 0851) sections to fulfill the Intellectual Heritage 1196 requirement; choose from GY (Mosaic
0951) sections to fulfill the Intellectual Heritage 1996 requirement; choose from GZ (Mosaic 0852) sections to
fulfill the Intellectual Heritage 1297 requirement; choose from GZ (Mosaic 0952) sections to fulfill the
Intellectual Heritage 1997 requirement.
IV Students who have completed Intellectual Heritage 1196 and still need to fulfill the Intellectual Heritage
1297 requirement can complete Mosaic 0851 or 0852. Honors students who have completed Intellectual
Heritage 1996 and still need to fulfill the Intellectual Heritage 1997 requirement can complete Mosaic 0951 or
0952.
V GQ courses can be used to satisfy either QA or QB Core requirements; however, students required to
complete the Core curriculum must complete a total of two courses to satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning
requirement.