The Core Curriculum at Columbia College
Written by Timothy P. Cross and published in 1995 by the Office of the Dean, Columbia College to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Contemporary Civilization course, this book aims to serve as a “permanent record of the core curriculum.”
ISBN 0-9649084-0-9
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Contents
Chapter 1: “the insistent problems of the present”
Chapter 2: “an inner life of sufficient richness”
Chapter 3: “the complexities of our contemporary situation”
Chapter 4: “ideas that have persisted”
Chapter 5: “an understanding that was impossible”
Chapter 6: “College instructors are rare”
Chapter 7: “the dilemmas of the modern world”
Chapter 8: “the integrity of the core curriculum”
Chronology
About the Author
Faculty Profiles