Core Curriculum

The Core Curriculum stands at the center of the academic experience of every undergraduate student in Newcomb-Tulane College. Its composition and the courses that fulfill its requirements are determined by the faculty and reviewed regularly to ensure that the Core provides a meaningful thread linking the academic endeavors of all undergraduates in the college.

Some of the Core Curriculum can be fulfilled through coursework taken at other institutions of higher education, either here in the US or abroad. Some coursework taken through affiliated programs abroad has already been pre-approved. You can find these courses in the database maintained by the Office of Study Abroad (https://cge.tulane.edu/resources/transferring-credit).  For courses taken abroad and transfer credits, a request for review can be submitted along with a complete syllabus via the following form

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Any time after you enrolled in the course and received a complete syllabus up to one semester after completing the course. 

For study abroad courses: If study abroad class registration happens before departure from the U.S., students must still be on site and have completed their first day of classes to request the core curriculum review, as many students change courses after arrival. Many programs do not perform class registration until students are on site, and pre-approvals will not be granted for any reason. Please take note of the following deadlines.

  • Students studying abroad in the spring semester should submit all requests for Core Curriculum review by October 1st after their return to campus.
  • Students studying abroad in the fall semester should submit all requests Core Curriculum review by March 1st after their return to campus.

No. If the Tulane course did not carry a Core attribute at the time you took the course, it cannot be added retroactively. Only Tulane faculty can submit Tulane courses for consideration for Core attributes. 

The Core Curriculum committee meets monthly. The volume of received requests impacts decision times. Students can anticipate a response to their submission within four to six weeks of final submission.