Campus Reform reports:University of Houston may strip 100 courses from core curriculum under Texas lawThe University of Houston is considering removing nearly 100 courses—including classes on women’s studies, LGBT studies, ethnic studies, climate change, and black liberation theology—from its core curriculum as part of a review required under Texas Senate Bill 37. The law also expands governing boards’ authority over curriculum oversight and limits faculty senates’ role in certain academic governance decisions. A university curriculum review committee examined nearly 260 core courses during the winter and spring semesters before recommending that about 160 remain in the core curriculum and roughly 100 lose their designation. Courses recommended for removal from the core curriculum include “Introduction to Women’s Studies,” “Introduction to LGBT Studies,” “Introduction to Ethnic Studies,” “Black Liberation Theology,” “Mexican American Urban Communities,” “Latino Leadership, Activism, and Organizing,” “Intro to Global Climate Change,” “Sexuality and Society,” “Liberals vs. Conservatives: FDR to Present,” and “Left, Right, and Center.” University officials emphasized that removing a course from the core curriculum would not eliminate it from the course catalog.