Texas Tech removes 21 courses from core curriculum

Texas Tech regents approved removing 21 of 172 courses from the university’s core curriculum, including classes on social justice, race and gender, effective for students starting in fall 2027. The review was conducted under Senate Bill 37, which requires public university governing boards to reassess core curricula at least every five years; regents said the changes concern which courses count toward core requirements, and many removed courses may remain available as electives or within majors and minors. Courses dropped from the core include Literature, Social Justice, and the Environment; Intersectionalities: Race, Class, and Gender in a Global World; and The Holocaust in Literature and Film. Some related courses, including Introduction to Women’s Studies and Social Change in the Hispanic World, remain available, while faculty advocates have criticized the regents’ role in the review as an overreach of institutional norms.