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UT Austin Overhauls Core Curriculum | San Antonio News
UT Austin is overhauling its core curriculum to cut down on required classes, replacing a chaotic, wide-ranging system with a focused, structured approach centered on humanities, social sciences, and STEM. The new plan aims to reduce credit hours, freeing students for electives and major courses, while ensuring civic and career readiness under a new state law. Courses will cover big ideas like Western civilization, AI, and political systems, with specific thinkers and authors mandated. Faculty input is shifting to appointed advisory groups, sparking concerns over transparency. The redesigned…
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