The University of San Diego is in the first stage of a revision of its Core Curriculum. We look to develop a core that gives our students a greater sense of direction and intention in their educational experiences, and that facilitates interdisciplinary, experiential, and ethically-engaged learning.
As a beginning to the process of rethinking the core, a small task force attended the General Education Institute sponsored by the Association for American Colleges and Universities during Summer 2011. The task force constructed a Core Action Plan that will be shared and widely discussed with the campus community in the coming year across a number of different venues.
Additionally, the College of Arts and Sciences set up a blog, Imagine the Core, in Spring 2011 in order to share ideas about core revision. You are welcome to explore and participate in the blog throughout the academic year, 2011-2012.
Mission
The USD Core Curriculum fosters the pursuit of knowledge through active student and faculty participation in a broad and richly diverse academic experience. The Core develops indispensable competencies, explores traditions of thought and belief, and probes the horizons of the liberal arts and the diversity of human experience. The Core promotes critical appreciation of truth, goodness, and beauty in the context of engagement with the Catholic intellectual tradition and diverse faith communities. The Core instills habits of thought and action which will serve all students in their academic majors and throughout their lives as reflective citizens of the world.
