He says many,if not all, of the top American colleges once had a core curriculum a set of courses required for all students.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

We do have, um, a focus on non- Western cultures in one of our core curriculum classes.

在核心课程中，我们确实有一门课不是讲西方文化的。

哥伦比亚大学的教程 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And so we have the overlap of the Core curriculum, of course, which is fantastic.

我们的核心课程是一样的，这很不错。

介绍好朋友 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Well, that's the thing. So Columbia is that... renowned for its core curriculum,

嗯，这是个好问题。哥伦比亚大学的核心课程十分出名，

哥伦比亚大学的教程 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人