The Core curriculum is designed to provide each CU Denver undergraduate student with a high quality general education, based on a liberal arts and sciences foundation. Core courses develop multiple literacies, stimulate critical thinking, expand sensitivity to diversity, and encourage students to understand their role in a rapidly changing global environment. The Core Curriculum Oversight Committee (CCOC), an elected body of faculty from each of the seven downtown schools and colleges, is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and coordinating these courses on behalf of the students and faculty. Leadership of the CCOC is supported by Beth Myers, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, Provost Office. Meesh Peel serves as the CCOC program coordinator.
The CCOC meets during the academic year to review new course proposals, petitions, syllabi and to update curriculum resources. Petitions and questions can be sent to the CCOC mailbox in the Office of Undergraduate Experiences. The CCOC chair, Kim Regier, reviews the received items, places them on the monthly CCOC agenda and provides feedback to the requestor, on behalf of the CCOC. Instructors, whose core courses are approved, are asked to follow up with the Registrar’s Office on submitting gtPathways material. Students whose petitions are approved should follow up with their academic advisors to ensure that core credits are noted on their transcripts.
The CCOC welcomes and champions its mission in working with the university community towards integrating critical thinking, writing skills, other core learning outcomes, and high-impact practices into the core curriculum.
CCOC 2023 - 2024 Schedule
Fall Term
Spring Term
Second Friday of the month from 10:30am - 12:00pm
Kim Regier, Ed.D.
Chair, Core Curriculum Oversight Committee