On October 13, 2022, the Faculty Senate voted to approve the new General Education Curriculum proposed by the Baccalaureate Core Reform Committee. Among other things, this action updates a 30-year-old curriculum, reducing its size and improving its legibility for all students, introducing a new course category to support students’ transition to OSU, adding a sequence of touchpoints to incorporate career-readiness, and expanding instruction fostering understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion. This curriculum both recognizes the value of aligning with the state’s Core Transfer Map—which facilitates seamless transfer among Oregon higher education institutions—and creating a distinctive and high-quality foundation for OSU’s degree offerings.
Provost Feser has appointed an Implementation Steering Committee, led by Alix Gitelman, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Senior Vice Provost, to guide the important work of implementing the new curriculum. Implementation will be an act of shared governance between faculty and administrative support units. Faculty will use their unique expertise to shape learning outcomes, develop robust course offerings, and create policy and process. The administration will build structures that support Faculty and Students as they experience this new program. The anticipated launch date for our new curriculum is Summer 2025.
Learn more about each category on our Curricular Overview page or in our Report.
FOUNDATIONAL CORE |
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Writing Foundations (WR 121) (x) |
4 credits |
Quantitative Literacy and Analysis (x) |
4 credits |
Art and Humanities - 2 courses (one global focus) (x) |
6-8 credits |
Communication, Media, and Society (Social Science) (x) |
3 credits |
Social Science (x) |
3-4 credits |
Scientific Inquiry and Analysis with lab) - 2 courses (x) |
8 credits |
Difference, Power, and Oppression: Foundations * |
3-4 credits |
OSU SIGNATURE CORE |
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Transitions |
2 credits |
Beyond OSU Career Integration |
0 credits |
Writing Elevation (WR II) (*) |
3 credits |
Advanced Difference, Power, and Oppression |
3-4 credits |
Seeking Solutions |
3-4 credits |
Writing Intensive Curriculum |
In major |
Total credits |
42–48 |
(x) Core Transfer Map (CTM) curriculum, * Satisfied by AAOT in addition to CTM
*Courses in the Writing Elevation category are at the upper division (300/400) level, with the exception for WR 227Z. Students who transfer WR 227Z will satisfy the Writing Elevation category. Students who complete their AAOT writing requirement with a different writing course will be required to take a Writing Elevation post-transfer.