{"id":406493,"date":"2026-08-14T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406493\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:12:18","slug":"ut-austin-revamping-core-curriculum-for-first-time-in-more-than-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406493\/","title":{"rendered":"UT Austin revamping core curriculum for first time in more than 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The core curriculum consists of required courses that all undergraduates take, regardless of major. A faculty review found the current curriculum includes more than 1,000 courses of &#8220;inconsistent quality,&#8221; the university said.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>University leaders say the curriculum changes are due to a desire to create a more consistent academic foundation rather than a list of requirements for students to check off.<\/p>\n<p>The revised curriculum will focus on writing, math, science, history, government, humanities and the arts. The current core requires 42 credit-hours and 10 component areas, but the proposed new core will require 36 credit hours within three areas: Arts and Humanities (15 credits), Social Science (9 credits), STEM (12 credits). UT also plans to narrow the courses that can fulfill core requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Students will still be able to take a wide variety of specialized courses outside the core curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>UT will introduce the core curriculum changes in stages, with the first new courses expected in fall 2027. All new courses will be fully available at UT Austin by fall 2028.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The core curriculum consists of required courses that all undergraduates take, regardless of major. A faculty review found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-406493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}