History of the Core Reform Project

The mission of CORE 2.0 is to enhance students' use of multiple perspectives in making informed critical and ethical judgments in their personal, public, and professional lives through inquiry and research experiences.

CORE 2.0 is built on five Foundation courses, and on Inquiry and Research & Creative Experience courses in Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.

Foundation Courses

• University Seminar (US)
• College Writing (W)
• Quantitative Reasoning (Q)
• Diversity (D)
• Contemporary Issues in Science (CS)

Ways of Knowing (Inquiry and Research & Creative Experience Courses)

All students must take at least one core course in each of the following areas:

• Arts (IA or RA)
• Humanities (IH or RH)
• Natural Sciences (IN or RN)
• Social Sciences (IS or RS)

All students must take at least one (1) approved Research & Creative Experience course. Students may take an approved Research & Creative Experience course in one of these four areas OR they may take a separate Research & Creative Experience course in any discipline, including the Undergraduate Scholars Program (USP 489/490).

Notes:

• Total number of courses: 9, if the Research and Creative Experience requirement is completed as part of the requirements in Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences or Social Sciences; otherwise 10.
• A grade of C- or better is required in all Core courses.
• Completion of at least two approved natural science courses with a grade of C- or better satisfies both the Contemporary Issues in Science and the Natural Science Inquiry requirements. Individual substitutions for one requirement or the other are not permissible.
• Completion of UH 202 with a grade of C- or better satisfies the Humanities Inquiry requirement.

Questions? E-mail core@montana.edu.

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