It can be a great struggle for many students to find an interest in school. Basic core classes are necessary for providing students with critical thinking and problem solving abilities that cannot ...

Boston College should expand access to interdisciplinary Core Renewal courses beyond first-year students in order to keep upperclassmen engaged in the core curriculum. BC’s process of revamping its ...

Increasingly within the many news stories about the perceived and real failings of colleges today are laments about the fading content of the required general education or core courses to which ...

Learn the key difference between core and elective subjects. Understand their importance, examples, and how choosing the right subjects affects your academic path.

If there’s a maxim for the Core, it’s this: If you’re learning how to think, you’re not learning the subject. And if you’re only learning the subject, you’re not learning how to think. Students ...

The Core Integrated Studies Program offers an innovative curriculum that emphasizes connections between academic disciplines. As part of the 2.5 year undergraduate program, you'll take a sequence of ...

After spending two years at Sciences Po in France, Malaika Tayi, GS ’23, was ready to start her time at Columbia, take Core Curriculum classes, and focus on her human rights major with a concentration ...