core curriculum

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core curriculum (plural core curricula or core curriculums)

(education) The courses or other components of an educational program which are foundational, prerequisite, or mandatory, as opposed to the elective, secondary, or variable components of a program.

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All courses that satisfy core curriculum requirements should be more transferable between junior and community colleges as well as public four-year institutions." Source: Internet

During the first year, the core curriculum classes alternate monthly between the campuses of Columbia University and the London Business School. Source: Internet

Facilitating instructors provide continuity between units, and help ensure that the CERT core curriculum is being delivered successfully. Source: Internet

Principles of essentialism Essentialism is a relatively conservative stance to education that strives to teach students the knowledge of a society and civilization through a core curriculum. Source: Internet

See wikisource link to the right During this period the University of Virginia remained unique in that it had no president and mandated no core curriculum from its students, who often studied in and took degrees from more than one school. Source: Internet

Students are not required to study a core curriculum or fulfill any distribution requirements and may even design their own unique interdisciplinary major. Source: Internet

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