The standard Liberal Studies program consists of 84 credit hours (21 courses) distributed as follows:

Liberal Studies Core:

1 Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago Course (Autumn Quarter)

1 Focal Point Seminar (Winter or Spring Quarter)

2 Writing Courses (ENG 103 and ENG 104)

1 Course in Quantitative Reasoning (ISP 120)

1 Course Sophomore Seminar--Multiculturalism in the United States (ISP 200)

1 Course Experiential Learning (Junior Year)

1 Senior Capstone Requirement

Liberal Studies Domains:

2 Courses in Understanding the Past (courses must be from two different time periods and two geographic locations)

2 Courses in Religious Dimensions (one traditions in context and one patterns and problems)

2 Courses in Philosophical Inquiry

3 Courses in Arts and Literature (at most two courses from the same department)

3 Courses in Self, Society and the Modern World (at most two courses from the same department)

3 Courses in Scientific Inquiry (at least one course must have a lab component and one course must have a quantitative component

Liberal Studies Adjustments:

1. For major: There is a two course reduction in the area of a student’s major--this reduces the program to 21 courses.

Examples: English majors complete: 1 Arts and Literature

Sociology majors complete: 1 Self, Society, and the Modern World

Communication majors complete: 2 Self, Society and the Modern World and 2 Arts and Literature

2. Modern Language Option

• If a student successfully completes one year of a language at DePaul (beyond the language requirement for students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree) at the elementary or intermediate level, or up to two courses at the advanced level (2xx, 3xx), the student may use the modern language option. The modern language option allows a student who completes a three-course sequence to substitute two of the three courses for liberal studies credit. Students can select one course each from two of the following learning domain combinations: arts and literature or scientific inquiry (the course cannot substitute for the lab science requirement); philosophical inquiry or religious dimensions; self, society and the modern world or understanding the past. The third course of the sequence fulfills open elective credit. A student beginning the language at the 200 or 300 level can complete one or two classes for liberal studies credit (the distribution of these courses is the same as above). If Bachelor of Arts students are pursuing the same language, courses not beyond those already taken will be counted as general electives. Students majoring in a language are not eligible for the modern language option.
• AP language credit does not generate liberal studies (modern language option) credit.