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

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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:

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 course-based 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

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:

Kimberly van Noort, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies

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