Committee on the Core Curriculum
The Committee on the Core Curriculum is an academic committee of Columbia College that oversees the maintenance of the Core Curriculum, including approving changes, reviewing courses, and recommending additions to the Core. The committee is overseen directly by the Dean of Columbia College, but is chaired by a faculty member who rotates every few years.
Composition
The Committee consists of the heads of each of the Core subjects, as well as the Dean of Columbia College, the Dean of Academic Affairs, the Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum, and two to three student representatives from the Columbia College student body.
Current Faculty & Administrative Members
- Dean James Valentini, Dean of Columbia College
- Dean Kathryn Yatrakis, Dean of Academic Affairs
- Dean Roosevelt Montás, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum
- Professor Matthew Jones (History), Chair
- Professor Susan Boynton (Music), Music Humanities
- Professor Nicholas Christie-Blick (Earth & Environmental Science), Frontiers of Science
- Professor Stuart Firestein (Biological Sciences), Chair of Committee on Science Instruction
- Professor Patricia Grieve (Latin American & Iberian Cultures), Chair of Committee on the Global Core
- Professor Brandon Joseph (Art History & Archaeology), Art Humanities
- Professor Nicole Wallack (English & Comparative Literature), University Writing
- Professor Gareth Williams (Classics), Literature Humanities
- Professor James Zetzel (Classics), Chair of Contemporary Civilization
- Ivana Hughes (Chemistry), Associate Director, Frontiers of Science
