For students entering in Fall 2023 and beyond, 40 credits in the university’s Catamount Core Curriculum (CCC) are required for graduation. The College of Arts and Sciences has more specific requirements that overlap with the CCC; completing the college requirements should result in completing the university requirements.
We encourage CAS faculty to apply to have courses designated for the Catamount Core Curriculum. Some CCC courses serve all UVM students and thus do not have prerequisites, but others can signal important values within a major or minor and can also help students reach the 40 total credits in CCC courses that are required for graduation. The application forms are available here.
The CAS Curriculum Committee will evaluate new courses and any changes to existing courses as usual, but they do not make any decisions regarding CCC designations. That work is done by the university’s Catamount Core Curriculum Committee (CCCC).
CCC application materials for CAS courses should be emailed to CASCurriculum@uvm.edu, and we will take care of getting them where they need to go, because some things travel through CourseLeaf and others do not.
Deadlines
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but meeting the deadlines below minimize labor for everyone in the chain and allow students to be confident when they register that the course will meet their CCC needs.
One-semester approval for SECTIONS of FYS and HCOL courses to be taught in Spring 2026: Monday, September 8, 2025.
Entirely new catalog courses: Friday, October 31, 2025. Earlier is welcome!
One-semester approval for SECTIONS of FYS and HCOL courses to be taught in Summer 2026: Monday, December 15, 2025.* (pending confirmation of this date by the CCCC)
Existing catalog courses: Friday, December 19, 2025. Earlier is welcome!
One-semester approval for SECTIONS of FYS and HCOL courses to be taught in Fall 2026: Monday, February 2, 2026.
Five-year approval for SECTIONS of FYS and HCOL courses offered in Spring 2026, Summer 2026, and Fall 2026: Monday, December 1, 2025.