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Refrences

"History of The Core." Columbia College. Columbia University, n.d. Web. 16 Feb 2014. . "Texas General Education Coordinating Boar." The Texas General Education Core Web Center . N.p.. Web. 16 Feb 2014. . "Common Core State Initiative: Preparing Preparing America's Students forCollege & Career." Resources. Common Core State Standards Initiative, n.d. Web. 16 Feb 2014. . "Core Curriculum (Columbia College)." . Wikipedia, 29 Oct 2012. Web. 16 Feb 2014. .

Origin-Dates

Originally, the core curriculum was aimed towards the focus of Western Civilization. In the second half of the 20th century, the United States Universities began to transition to a core that focused more on electives. This was due to social activism.

Core Curriculum was first developed in 1919 by Columbia College. Columblia Colleges first concept of a Core Curriculum became the major framework for many other universities in the united States.

Purpose

The purpose of a Core Curriculum is to provide a college student with required courses that will assist them in the preperation towards a degree.

Texas Core Curriculum and Implementation

42-48 credit hours

By the year 1999, every degree in Texas required a General Education Core Curriculum.

"Every public institution in Texas has a Core, which is designed to provide a solid foundation for your college education and to make transfers between and among Texas institutions of higher education as smooth and seamless as possible." ("Texas General Education Core Web Center ")

Philosophy

Essentialism:

curriculum: basic skills

goal: acquire basic knowledge and skills that will assisst in functioning in today's world.

Outline of UNT Core Curriculum

Total: 42 hours

Capstone: 3 hours

Discovery: 3 hours

Social and Behavioral Science: 3 hours

Humanities: 3 hours

Visual and Performing Arts: 3 hours

Political Science: 6 hours

U.S. History: 6 hours

Natural Science: 6 hours

Math: 3 hours

English: 6 hours

Core Curriculum