Core Curriculum Assessment

The Heart, Mind, and Hands Core Curriculum (HMH) provides students with foundational skills needed to pursue a liberal arts education.

The Office of Institutional Research & Assessment (OIRA) shares assessment components of the Core Curriculum:

Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Plans	Assessment Resources
Current Assessment Activities	Evidence of Student Learning	Use of Student Learning Evidence

Heart, Mind, and Hands Core Areas

Heart (9-10 credits)

First-Year Experience: Fall (3 credits)
First-Year Experience: Spring (3 credits)
English Composition (3-4 credits)

Mind (30-34 credits)

Creative & Performing Arts (3 credits)
Developing Informed Viewpoints (3 credits)
Ethics (3 credits)
Global Languages (6-8 credits)
Holistic Wellness (2-3 credits)
Humanities (3 credits)
Natural Sciences (4 credits)
Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 credits)
Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)

Hands (minimum 5 credits)

Life After Hood (2 credits)
High Impact Practice (3+ credits)