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Juan Carlos Huerta, Co-Director Dr. Susan Wolff Murphy, Co-Director Chloe Yowell, Seminar Coordinator Steve Schwerin, Program Coordinator II Sara Chapa, Administrative Assistant Faculty Center 253 6300 Ocean Dr, Unit 5812 Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5812 Phone: (361) 825-2150 Fax: (361) 825-2210 e-mail: uccp@tamucc.edu
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| Core Curriculum Mission Statement The University Core Curriculum Programs develop, implement and evaluate undergraduate academic and academic-support programs that establish a foundation for general education, provide lifelong learning skills and support the attainment of academic and career goals. |
The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi core curriculum is a 45 semester-hour program of study which is required of undergraduates, and provides a foundation for all majors. Each course in this group of required courses has been reviewed and approved on the basis of its potential to contribute to the achievement of the following core goals:
Achieving the goals listed above prepares students for academic work in the majors, enables them to develop their own goals, values, and perspectives, and helps them become reflective, productive citizens. Visit the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for additional information about state guidelines for the core curriculum. |
| First-Year Learning Communities Program: Mission Statement The First-Year Learning Communities Program at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi immerses students in an active learning environment, providing a context to integrate curricular content, to develop skills, and to develop a sense of academic community. |
What is the FYLCP?
A&M-Corpus Christi's First-Year Learning
Communities Program (FYLCP)
is an innovative nationally recognized program which helps
students to make successful academic and social transitions from high
school to the University. In 2001, the Texas Higher Education Board
recognized the excellence of the program by awarding it a Texas Higher
Education Star Award. The FYLCP was the only first-year student program
to win a Star Award. In 2002 A&M-Corpus Christi was selected
as one of thirteen "Institutions of Excellence in the First College
Year" by the Brevard College Policy Center on the First Year of
College, and in 2003 was selected as a "Founding Institution" of the
Foundations of ExcellenceÆ in the First College Year
project, sponsored by the Policy Center on the
First Year of College and supported by the Lumina Foundation for
Education. What is a Learning Community? A&M-Corpus Christi students enroll in their first year in specially selected groups of 3 or 4 classes known as Triads and Tetrads. The students and teachers within each Triad or Tetrad form a learning community. The same group of students takes all of the classes within a given Triad or Tetrad together, which gives them many opportunities to work together, get to know each other, and learn together. The teachers in each learning community also work with each other, in order to develop connections among the classes: relating content, assignments, and activities in one class with content, assignments, and activities in other Triad or Tetrad classes. Benefits of Learning Communities A&M-Corpus Christi's learning communities program has been built upon years of research concerning learning communities. The research indicates that well-designed learning communities benefit students in many ways. For example, students who participate in learning communities:
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| Structure of the Triads
and Tetrads
All of the Triads and Tetrads include a First-Year Seminar and a First-Year Writing class. These are small classes of 25 students or less. In addition, Triads include a large lecture class (such as General Psychology or U.S. Government and Politics), and Tetrads include two large lecture classes. The classes within each Triad (or Tetrad) are "linked," in the sense that students enroll in all three classes (or four classes in a Tetrad) at once, as a "package deal." For example, students might enroll in a Triad which includes:
A Tetrad which the University frequently offers consists of the following courses: |
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| 23 April 2007 |