Core Office

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The Core Office is responsible for approving, overseeing, coordinating, and revising all Core courses in the new A&S curriculum. This includes the First-Year Core courses (CORE 1010 and CORE 1020) and the Exploratory Core electives (CORE 2000s), taken after the first year. Read more about the framework for the curriculum.

The Core Office recruits faculty to teach in the Core, organizes events related to the Core program, and coordinates workshops and meetings for Core instructors.

Interested in teaching in the First-Year Core in 2024–2025 or beyond? Please let us know!

Leadership

	Paul Stob Director, Core Office Professor of American Studies and Communication Studies paul.stob@vanderbilt.edu
	Elizabeth Catania Associate Director, Core Office Assistant Professor of the Practice of Neuroscience elizabeth.catania@vanderbilt.edu

Fall 2023 Pilot Program

In Fall 2023, twenty-one sections of the First-Year Core are being offered in preparation for an expanded pilot in 2024–2025.

Course Coordinators: Being Human, Encountering Others

• Sarah Igo, sarah.igo@vanderbilt.edu
• Paul Stob, paul.stob@vanderbilt.edu

Course Coordinators: Science, Technology, Values

• Lily Claiborne, lily.claiborne@vanderbilt.edu
• Lutz Koepnick, lutz.koepnick@vanderbilt.edu
• Elizabeth Catania, elizabeth.catania@vanderbilt.edu

Support Staff

• Daniel Coradazzi, Senior Executive Coordinator, daniel.w.coradazzi@vanderbilt.edu
• Kelly Morgan, Executive Coordinator for the Dean, kelly.e.morgan@vanderbilt.edu

Contact: curriculum_as@vanderbilt.edu