Program Overview
2 True Blue Core Statement for Syllabi
True Blue Core: Required Language for Instructors’ Syllabi
- Copy and paste the appropriate language below to your syllabus.
- Copy and paste the True Blue Core logo below to your syllabus.
- All of these items should appear somewhere on the FIRST page of your syllabus.
English 1010
(Legacy) Written Communication (WC)
Copy and paste these bullet points into your syllabus:
- Written Communication (WC) (3 hours)
o For all catalogs 2024-2025 and beyond, this course (ENGL 1010) satisfies the True Blue Core (TBC) curriculum requirement (3 hours) for Written Communication (WC). To learn more about TBC requirements: https://w1.mtsu.edu/truebluecore/core.php.
o For all catalogs prior to 2024-2025, this course (ENGL 1010) satisfies one of the general education curriculum requirements for Communication (3 of 9 hours). To learn more about general education requirements for catalogs prior to 2024-2025: https://w1.mtsu.edu/gen_ed/requirements.php.
o The TBC outcome for Written Communication: Students communicate effectively through writing in terms of context and purpose, content development, genre and disciplinary conventions, sources and evidence, and syntax and mechanics.
English 1020
(Legacy) Information Literacy (Info Lit)
Copy and paste these bullet points into your syllabus:
- Information Literacy (Info Lit) (3 hours)
- o For all catalogs 2024-2025 and beyond, this course (ENGL 1020) satisfies the True Blue Core (TBC) curriculum requirement (3 hours) for Information Literacy (Info Lit). To learn more about TBC requirements: https://w1.mtsu.edu/truebluecore/core.php.
- o For all catalogs prior to 2024-2025, this course (ENGL 1020) satisfies one of the general education curriculum requirements for Communication (3 of 9 hours). To learn more about general education requirements for catalogs prior to 2024-2025: https://w1.mtsu.edu/gen_ed/requirements.php.
- o The TBC outcome for Information Literacy: Students demonstrate competence in information literacy by determining what information they need, where to access it, how to evaluate information they encounter, and how to use information effectively and ethically.
English 2020 & 2030
Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE)
(Legacy) Literature Requirement
Copy and paste these bullet points into your syllabus:
- True Blue Core Knowledge Domain: Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE) (9 hours)
- o For all catalogs 2024-2025 and beyond, this course may be used to satisfy the True Blue Core Literature requirement (CCE) (3 hours). If you have already fulfilled the literature requirement for CCE, this course may be used in either Discovery or Explorations in the CCE category. To learn more about TBC requirements: https://w1.mtsu.edu/truebluecore/core.php.
- o For all catalogs prior to 2024-2025, this course may be used to satisfy the literature requirement in the Humanities/Fine Arts category. To learn more about general education requirements for catalogs prior to 2024-2025: https://w1.mtsu.edu/gen_ed/requirements.php.
- o The TBC outcome for Literature (CCE): Students demonstrate intercultural understanding by building knowledge, self-awareness, and conceptions of global and intercultural perspectives, values, systems, and attitudes.
