Faculty Resources for Core

Forms and Resources

• Revised Curriculum Adoption Process
• Core Course Adoption Process & Standards
• Course Proposal Form

Core Committee Information

Criteria for Core Classes

a) Focus explicitly on issues related to the Graduate School motto—Creativity, Compassion, Commitment—while valuing diverse perspectives and promoting open dialogue, inquiry, respect, and social action (from the Graduate School Mission Statement).

b) Articulate to students the relationship between the course content and their professional roles as future teachers, counselors, or school leaders.

c) Indicate student opportunities for collaboration across the helping professions represented in Graduate School programs.

d) Whenever possible and appropriate, incorporate experiences that go beyond the classroom (e.g., field or service learning experiences, guest speakers, community-based problem solving).

Courses for Review