With its interdisciplinary design, the Core curriculum provides an intellectual bridge between individual academic programs, addressing the Graduate School’s “core” values of creativity, commitment, and compassion through cross-disciplinary collaboration. It provides an opportunity for students to interact with faculty and staff from other programs.

Curricular Structure of Core

All full-time master’s degree students are required to complete two credits of Core courses and attend the graduate school Convocation.

Convocation

Convocation is an opportunity for the Graduate School community to come together across disciplines to honor the collective work we do. During the event, faculty from different Graduate School programs will share ways the our core values of have impacted their professional lives. Following these presentations, there will be small group discussions around a shared reading.

Core Courses

Core courses reflect on the Graduate School’s core values and ways to carry these values into our lives as educators and counselors. Core courses are an opportunity for cross-disciplinary engagement with students from all of the Graduate School’s programs.