Who takes CORE 101? 

Currently, all students enrolled at RWU are required to take CORE 101, but those students that are enrolled as science majors and take at least one science course with a lab component can substitute those science courses for their CORE 101 credit. This means that the vast majority of students actually taking CORE 101 are non-majors - including, but not limited to, architecture, business, education, criminal justice, and psychology majors.

Who teaches CORE 101?

CORE 101 is taught by both full-time and part-time science faculty at RWU, although there is a larger percentage of part-time faculty as instructors-of-record each term. The philosophy behind the curriculum of CORE 101 is that each faculty member brings their own experience and expertise to the course and thus, each section of CORE 101 is unique to the professor - we are allowed to build our curriculum around two broad learning objectives and focus our teaching on the concepts and topics in science that we personally are passionate about. In my case, this is where science and society intersect in topics that cause known controversy. 

What are the learning objectives of CORE 101?

1.   Students will investigate questions of societal and personal relevance using scientific knowledge.

2.  Students will describe and actively engage in the scientific process by asking questions, gathering data and drawing evidence-based conclusions.

Current CORE 101 Syllabus