The Core Curriculum

In keeping with the University's mission to provide a distinct undergraduate program "based on the traditional values of liberal learning" and with "an emphasis on inter- disciplinary learning," the Core Curriculum embraces the notion that all of the University's undergraduates should participate in an interdisciplinary set of curricula unique to the University of Denver.

Communities and Environments    |  Self and Identities  |  Change and Continuity

Students will take one Core course covering each of these themes.  The themes reflect explicit priorities of the University's mission statement, including internationalization, multiculturalism, the history of cultural experience, environmental responsibility, awareness of the social consequences of technological innovation and selection, ethics, and civic engagement.

CONGRATULATIONS to our awardees for Best Proposal and Best Writing Intensive Proposal. These individuals have carefully integrated the above themes into courses that will prove to be challenging and beneficial additions to the Core Curriculum.

Li Li Peters  Best Proposal--Spring 08

     Testimony, Memory, and Allegory: The Representations of Chinese Cultural Revolution

Elizabeth Karlsgodt  Best Writing Intensive Proposal--Spring 08

     The French Revolution

Caryn Aviv   Best Proposal--Winter 08

     Israel, Gender, and Culture

Jonathan Leathwood   Best Writing Intensive Proposal--Winter 08

     The Moment in and out of Time

Christy Rowe   Best Proposal--Fall 07

     The Desert of the Real

Scott Phillips     Best Writing Intensive Proposal--Fall 07

     Capital Punishment

Awards are passed out on a quarterly basis to those who have submitted outstanding proposals for approval to the Faculty Core Committee.

For more information about the Core Curriculum, please contact the Core Office at 303-871-4577.