Core History

Since Fall 1999, every Texas public college and university were required by Texas law to have a core curriculum. The Core Curriculum of Dallas College has evolved and changed since it was first mandated in 1999. This page serves as a guide to these changes.

The official transcript of Dallas College shows the Core codes for the active Core Curriculum at the time the transcript is printed. As a result, Core codes for all component areas may not be present on a student’s transcript even if it indicates he or she is “Core Complete.”

If you have further questions regarding historic Cores selected by Dallas College, contact the Registrar’s Office on any Dallas College campus.

Current Core Curriculum

Revised Fall 2025  (Impacts Catalog 2025-2026)

Historic Core Curriculum

• Revised Fall 2022 (Impacts Catalog 2022-2023)
• Revised Fall 2021 (Impacts Catalog 2021-2022)
• Revised Fall 2020 (Impacts Catalog 2020-2021)
• Revised Fall 2019 (Impacts Catalog 2019-2020)
• Revised Fall 2018 (Impacts Catalog 2018-2019)
• Revised Fall 2017 (Impacts Catalog 2017-2018)
• Revised Fall 2016 (Impacts Catalog 2016-2017)
• Revised Fall 2015 (Impacts Catalog 2015-2016)
• Revised Fall 2014 (Impacts Catalog 2014-2015)
• Revised Fall 2010 (Impacts Catalogs 2010-2011 thru 2013-2014)
• Implemented in Fall 1999 (Impacts Catalogs 1999-2000 thru 2009-2010; view Catalog Collection)