BC added two new pathways through which BC students can meet the cultural diversity requirement: Engaging Difference and Justice (EDJ) and Difference, Justice, and the Common Good in the United States (DJCG).
Opinions, Column
The Quality of a Core Curriculum
“By working to develop an open mind as a student, you will have a better time handling the challenges of the job market.”
Opinions, Column
Bringing Us Closer to a Global Understanding
“The individuals who conduct important world-changing work today, for the most part, have developed a multidimensional and all-inclusive worldview.”
Opinions, Column, Featured Column
The Case for a Cooking Class at BC
“An elevation of the culinary arts would do more than ease the stress of the core. It would bring life to food on campus.”
Editorials, Opinions
For 750 Freshmen, an Interdisciplinary Education
“This was a great achievement by those involved and will hopefully lead to other interesting political figures coming to BC in the future.”
News, On Campus
Students’ Petition Calls for Changes in the Core
Three BC students created a petition to make the core curriculum less Eurocentric as part of their class titled the Challenge of Justice.
News, Features
University To Move Forward With Interdisciplinary Core Courses
New course offerings will be available for students in the spring semester.
Column, Opinions
We’re Not Here To Learn: Problems With The Core
Though Boston College prides itself on its core curriculum, it is the weakest part of the school’s liberal arts program.
News, Column, Featured Column
Courses That Would Prove More Useful Than The Language Core
BC’s language requirements can be tortuous—instead, these courses would teach us everything we need to know.
On Campus, Administration, News
BC Faculty Convenes At Town Hall Meeting To Discuss Core Renewal
The renewal process for the University core curriculum at Boston College will continue this fall with a new short-term objective—creating and selecting proposals for pilot courses that will be implemented beginning in the 2015-16 academic year.
