Creating a New Core Curriculum

A blog devoted to discussion of core curriculum and general education requirements, written in the context of my service as chair of a committee to draft a new core for Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic university in Silicon Valley.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Where is the proposed structure?

Some faculty wonder where in the process do they get to see a proposed structure. The facetious answer: Right now. Each faculty member might be thinking about how to structure the core to best realize the learning outcomes that faculty members agree on as key, essential outcomes for every undergraduate. A blank piece of paper, and you may craft your own blueprint. Do not be a Howard Hughes with his Spruce Goose though. Be realistic. We are a real university, after all... The long-winded answer: The right way to proceed, in revising a core curriculum, is to discuss and agree upon a set of learning outcomes that will then later be the basis for discussion of structure. That is where we are now: agreeing upon learning outcomes. After agreement, we move to thinking about proposals for structure.

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