Undergraduate Core Curriculum Redesign Task Force - December Update

As part of the ongoing Core redesign, the task force arrived at a consensus in shaping an Initial Year Experience that provides students with a meaningful and engaging academic foundation. This Initial Year Experience will be made up of a humanities-focused “transformative texts” course and an interdisciplinary, experiential “Golden Gateway” course using the San Francisco Bay Area as a learning environment. This component of the Core redesign work focuses on developing a signature initial year experience that incorporates development of core learning outcomes, high impact practices, student belonging, experiential learning, interdisciplinary learning, and engagement with the broader San Francisco community. 

Task Force members welcome input from community members at all stages of this process. Please feel free to share ideas, comments, or concerns via this survey or email the Core Redesign at CoreRedesign@usfca.edu.