The TCU Core Curriculum
Please refer to TCU's website – http://www.core.tcu.edu/ – for complete information on the TCU Core Curriculum.
The educational experience offered by Texas Christian University reflects its membership in the worldwide academy of learning. The intellectual traditions of the University, honed by the scholarship and creativity of successive generations of faculty, are founded upon a rational and reflective examination of humanity and its natural and social environments. The essential elements of these traditions are captured in the TCU Core Curriculum (TCU CC) requirements.
The TCU Core Curriculum is designed to
• embody the liberal arts ethos of Texas Christian University ;
• facilitate a focus on educational competencies, learning outcomes, and assessment;
• show sensitivity to the special needs of students in different colleges and degree programs; and
• provide intellectual challenges and opportunities for students and faculty.
The goals of the TCU Core Curriculum are described clearly in the Heritage, Philosophy and Goals section of the Handbook for Faculty and Staff :
The University . . . regards as essential the advancement and communication of general knowledge which enables students to understand the past, to comprehend the natural and social order, to search for the good and the beautiful, and to integrate knowledge into significant wholes.