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 Associate Dean of the Core Curriculum, and two to three student representatives from the Columbia College student body.
2010-11 Members
- Dean James Valentini, Interim Dean of Columbia College
- Dean Kathryn Yatrakis, Dean of Academic Affairs
- Dean Roosevelt Montás, Associate Dean of the Core Curriculum
- Professor Christia Mercer, Literature Humanities
- Professor Michael Stanislawski, Contemporary Civilizations
- Professor Susan Boynton, Music Humanities
- Professor Jonathan Crary, Art Humanities
- Professor Nicholas Christie-Blick, Frontiers of Science
- Professor Darcy Kelley, Frontiers of Science
- Professor Patricia Grieve, Global Core (Chair)
- Professor Nicole Wallack, University Writing
