An institution-wide focus on deep learning has made significant changes in the biology and physics core course curriculum at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The biology course director has reworked course objectives to reflect the learning-focused approach to teaching, while the physics curriculum has adopted new learning outcomes and ways to encourage critical thinking and deep learning. This article will present the previous course objectives alongside the new learning objectives to reflect the shift of the institutional teaching mission, showcase what a typical class session looks like, and outline the benefits and challenges of developing a learning-focused class.