Fifteen Faculty Core Committees (FCCs) are responsible for reviewing course syllabi which are submitted by faculty to meet specific Core requirements. Thus, faculty shape the Core Curriculum through the exchange of ideas and their interpretation of learning goals and objectives. View current FCC members.
Committee Responsibilities:
Faculty Core Committees are responsible for:
- supporting curriculum development for the Core area
- reviewing proposals for syllabus approval
- reporting results of the reviews to the Office of Undergraduate Studies
- provide recommendations for revise & resubmits
- provide rationale for rejections
- working with Educational Assessment as needed:
- provide disciplinary expertise for the Director of Educational Assessment as she develops scoring rubrics and/or surveys related to learning in the Core area
- reflect and comment on assessment reports related to student learning in the Core area.
2024-2025 Core Curriculum Committee Members
| Katharine Heintz | Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer, Communication Department |
| Andrew Ishak | Director of the Core Curriculum, Chair of the Core Curriculum Committee and Lecturer, Communication |
| Divya Bheda | Director of Educational Assessment |
| Kathleen Villarruel Schneider | Senior Assistant Dean for the College of Arts & Sciences |
| Michael Lasley | Lecturer, Department of English |
| Laurie Poe | Senior Lecturer, Mathematics and Computer Science Department |