Core IMPACTS
Rebrand of USG core curriculum to ensure that students acquire essential knowledge in foundational academic areas and develop career-ready competencies.
- By using meaningful names, this will help students find more benefits in the core curriculum
- Easier transfer process within USG schools
- More than just a checklist, something that IMPACTS their lives
Career-Ready Competencies
- Showcases the three skills for each new category
- Provides advisors with the USG guidelines for how to describe the benefits of each field to students
- Assists faculty with describing other disciplines outside of their own
Why Core IMPACTS?
- New titles define the core curriculum more clearly than the previous undefined Areas A-F
- Increases transfer efficiency within the USG - across all majors/programs
- Three career-ready competencies are assigned to each section
- Generate interest and excitement with titles vs. areas
- Former Area A & E restructured to separate Math & English and better define legislative requirement
| Former Core Curriculum (Areas) | Core IMPACTS |
|---|---|
| Area A | Separated to Mathematics and Communicating in Writing |
| Area B | Institution Priority |
| Area C | Arts, Humanities, & Ethics |
| Area D | Technology, Mathematics, & Sciences |
| Area E | Separated to Political Science & US History and Social Sciences |
| Area F | Field of Study |
| Institutional Requirements Outside the Core (PHEDs) | Institutional Requirements Outside the Core (PHEDs) |