What is the CORE Curriculum?
Every Texas public college and university is required by Texas law to have a CORE Curriculum that, if completed at one institution, should transfer and take the place of the core at the receiving institution. Therefore, if your plans include transferring to a Texas public university, it is to your distinct advantage to complete the core at this college since the core should transfer as a block of credit to the receiving university.
Lifeschool has written over 100 pages of curriculum, and is published in our field handbook called the Trail Resource Guide. The TRG documents the core curriculum covered in staff training. AIR is the acronym for the educational goals we strive to achieve each day, and stand for A: Active, I: Instructive, and R: Reflective. We endeavor to provide students with opportunities to use their bodies through movement, challenge and exploration (Active); teach new skills, tools, and relevant lessons such as weather, first aid and geology (Instructive); reflect on everything they are experiencing with solo time, journaling, and group conversations (Reflective).
Lifeschool has written over 100 pages of curriculum, and is published in our field handbook called the ìTrail Resource Guideî. The TRGô documents the core curriculum covered in staff training. AIRô is the acronym for the educational goals we strive to achieve each day, and stand for A: Active, I: Instructive, and R: Reflective. We endeavor to provide students with opportunities to use their bodies through movement, challenge and exploration (Active); teach new skills, tools, and relevant lessons such as weather, first aid and geology (Instructive); reflect on everything they are experiencing with solo time, journaling, and group conversations (Reflective).
The Core Curriculum is the cornerstone of a Columbia education. Central to the intellectual mission of the Core is the goal of providing all Columbia students, regardless of their major or concentration, with wide-ranging perspectives on significant ideas and achievements in literature, philosophy, history, music, art and science. Contemporary Civilization began in 1919 as a course on War and Peace Issues, and the creation of Literature Humanities followed in 1937. By 1947 Art Humanities and Music Humanities had been added, and a new course in Asian Humanities was introduced. Further courses have since been added as well. Though celebrated for their content, these courses are equally important for their small class format. The hallmark courses in the Core (Literature Humanities, Contemporary Civilization, Art Humanities and Music Humanities) are taught in seminars limited to approximately 22 to 24 students; these courses ensure that education at Columbia begins with an emphasis on acti
