Core Curriculum Fall 2020

The courses listed below have been submitted to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for addition to the Texas A&M University Core Curriculum beginning Fall 2020.

Courses in the Core Curriculum must meet one of eight Foundational Component Areas. To narrow down the search, courses can be sorted by Foundational Component Area, by campus, by course, or by title.

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* The syllabus is a sample and used in at least one section of this course. The syllabus illustrates how this course, including all sections, addresses the Foundational Component Area and associated Core Objectives.

** Indicates that a course in the Core Curriculum also meets the International and Cultural Diversity (ICD) graduation requirement. Information about additional ICD courses that are not listed below can be found at icd.tamu.edu.

*** Indicates that a course in the Core Curriculum also meets the Cultural Discourse (CD) graduation requirement. Information about additional CD courses that are not listed below can be found at icd.tamu.edu.

For more information on how to submit additional courses to the Core Curriculum, please click here.

CSGVFoundational Component Area and Core ObjectivesYearCourse (Syllabus)*TitleCross ListedNotesTexas Common Course NumberICD**CD***
YesCreative Arts2015AFST 327Popular Music in the African DiasporaMUSC 327, PERF 327  
YesCreative Arts2015KINE 311Fundamental Rhyhms and Dance   
YesCreative Arts2015MUSC 327Popular Music in the African DiasporaAFST 327, PERF 327  
YesCreative Arts2015PERF 327Popular Music in the African DiasporaAFST 327, MUSC 327  
YesCreative Arts2015ARCH 443Aegean Art and Architecture   
YesCreative Arts2015PHIL 330Philosophy of Art   
YesCreative Arts2015PHIL 375Philosophy of Visual Media   
YesCreative Arts2015KINE 210Dance Appreciation: The Art of Movement   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2015GEOG 205Environmental Change   
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2015URPN 202Building Better Cities   
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2015URPN 361Urban Issues   
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2015URPN 370Introduction to Health Systems Planning   
YesCommunication2015URPN 220Digital Communication I   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2015ENGR 101Energy: Resources, Utilization, and Importance to Society   
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2015URPN 201The Evolving City   
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2015HORT 335Sociohorticulture   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2016VTPB 212Genetics in the News   
YesYesLife and Physical Sciences2016ANTH 226Introduction to Biological Anthropology Laboratory   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2016ASTR 103Introduction to Stars & Exoplanets   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2016ASTR 104Introduction to Galaxies & Cosmology   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2016ENTO 320Honey Bee Biology   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2016ENGL 352Literature, World War II to Present   Yes
YesMathematics2016MATH 140Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences  MATH 1324
YesYesLife and Physical Sciences2016GEOL 101Principles of Geology  GEOL 1303
YesLife and Physical Sciences2016GEOL 102Principles of Geology Laboratory  GEOL 1303
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2016SOCI 210Sociology of Technology & Science   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017COSC 202Introduction to Housing   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017ANTH 370Cultural Diversity and Ethics   Yes
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017ENGL 350Twentieth Century Literature to World War II   Yes
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017ENGL 235Elements of Creative Writing   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017INTS 301Theories of Globalization   
YesCreative Arts2017COMM 340Communication and Popular Culture   Yes
YesCreative Arts2017COMM 257Communication, Religion, ArtsRELS 257  
YesCreative Arts2017RELS 257Communication, Religion, ArtsCOMM 257  
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017ENGL 207Human Thinking and Digital Culture   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017ENGL 306Transnational Literature and Culture   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2017ARCH 346Architecture, Heritage, and Culture   Yes
YesLife and Physical Sciences2017PHYS 123Physics for Future Presidents   
YesCreative Arts2018MUSC 201Music and the Human Experience  MUSI 1306
YesCreative Arts2018THAR 281History of the Theatre II  DRAM 2362
YesCreative Arts2018KINE 311Fundamental Rhythms and Dance   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2018ENGL 292Intro. To Literature & Medicine   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2018CLAS 261Great Books of the Classical Tradition   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2018CLAS 262Great Books of Christian Antiquity and the Latin Middle Ages   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2018MUST 221Foundations of Museum Studies   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2018ENGL 350Twentieth Century Literature to World War II   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2018PHYS 125Soft Matter Physics for Non-physicists   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2018PHYS 123Physics for Future Presidents  PHYS 1310
YesLife and Physical Sciences2018PHYS 206Newtonian Mechanics for Students in Engineering & Science  PHYS 2325
YesLife and Physical Sciences2018PHYS 207Electricity & Magnetism for Students in Engineering & Science  PHYS 2326
YesMathematics2018STAT 201Elementary Statistical Inference  MATH 1342
YesCreative Arts2018FILM 215Global CinemaINTS 215  
YesCreative Arts2018INTS 215Global CinemaFILM 215  
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2018ANTH 270Cultural Diversity and Ethics   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2018GEOL 207Dinosaur World   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019AFST 201Introduction to Africana Studies    Yes
YesCreative Arts2019FILM 299History of Film   Yes
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019LMAS 201Introduction to Latino-Mexican American Studies  HUMA 1305 Yes
YesLife and Physical Sciences2019MAST 250Archaeological Field Methods   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019PHIL 255C.S. Lewis: Faith and Philosophy   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019PHIL 282Ethics in a Digital Age   
YesYesLife and Physical Sciences2019PHYS 226Physics of Motion Laboratory for Students in the Sciences  PHYS 2125
YesYesLife and Physical Sciences2019PHYS 227Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory for Students in the Sciences  PHYS 2426
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019RELS 200Religions of the World   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019RELS 209Religions of the Ancient World   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019RELS 222History of Christianity, Reformation to PresentHIST 222  
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2019HIST 222History of Christianity, Reformation to PresentRELS 222  
YesYesLife and Physical Sciences2019CHEM 120Fundamentals of Chemistry II Replaces CHEM 102/112. Course content from CHEM 102 and CHEM 112 combined and renumbered 
YesYesLife and Physical Sciences2019CHEM 119Fundamentals of Chemistry I Replaces CHEM 101/111. Course content from CHEM 101 and CHEM 111 combined and renumbered 
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2020AGEC 235Foundations of Money Education   
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2020COSC 222Cultural & Social Issues in the Histroy of the Construction Environment: From Antiquity to Today    Yes
YesLife and Physical Sciences2020GEOL 208Life on a Dynamic Planet   
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2020KINE 282Culture of Wellness   Yes
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2020MAST 270Historic Seafaring and Maritme Heritage   
YesCreative Arts2020PERF 223Aesthetics of Activism    Yes
YesLanguage, Philosophy and Culture2020RELS 202Religion in America   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2020SCEN 101Contemporary Issues in Science: Cosmos, Earth and Humanity   
YesLife and Physical Sciences2020SCEN 102Contemporary Issues in Science: The Environment   
YesSocial and Behavioral Sciences2020MARS 210Marine Geography