This document provides an overview of the curriculum and degree requirements for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at DePaul University. It describes the Liberal Studies Program common core courses, learning domains, requirements for major fields of study including core courses and concentrations, and open electives. It also outlines tools for planning course schedules and tracking degree progress, as well as tips for communicating with faculty and advisors about course articulation and sequencing for transfer students.

1. Curriculum, Articulation and Communication
Kristian D. Lopez, Associate Director
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Undergraduate College Office

2. Bird’s Eye View of the
College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences (LA&S)
 35 degree granting programs
 Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Science
degrees
 Liberal Education
 Urban and Vincentian Mission of DePaul

3. Liberal Studies Program and the Major

4. Liberal Studies Program –
Common Core
 Common Core
 First Year Program
○ Chicago Quarter (LSP 110/111 and LSP 112)
○ First Year Writing (WRD 103 and WRD 104)
○ Math and Technological Literacy (LSP 120
and LSP 121)
 Sophomore Seminar on Multiculturalism in
the United States (LSP 200)
 Junior Year Experiential Learning
 Senior Capstone Seminar

5. Liberal Studies –
Learning Domains
 Arts and Literature (AL)
 Philosophical Inquiry (PI)
 Religious Dimensions (RD)
 Scientific Inquiry (SI and SI:Lab)
 Self, Society and the Modern World
(SSMW)
 Understanding the Past (UP)

6. Studies in the Major
 Most LA&S major field programs are
comprised of three components:
 Core: Courses required by all students
who have declared the major
 Concentration: Specialized courses
designed for career preparation
 Supporting / Allied Field: Required
courses that compliment the major, and
are offered through an academic
ff d h h d i
department(s) outside of the major

7. Open Electives
 Courses that are required for g
q graduation
 Open electives are not applied toward
Liberal Studies or the major but can
major,
apply toward a double major or minor
 The number of open electives varies
according to major
 Open electives may be taken Pass/Fail

8. Tools for Pl
T l f Planning and T ki P
i d Tracking Progress T
Towards th
d the
DePaul Degree

9. Credit Evaluation
MAJOR
CORE
LIBERAL STUDIES MAJOR OPEN ELECTIVES
PROGRAM (LSP) CONCENTRATIONS

10. Degree Progress Report (DPR)
OPEN
ELECTIVES
MAJOR
CORE
LIBERAL STUDIES MAJOR
PROGRAM (LSP) CONCENTRATION

11. Tips and Communication

12. Communication with
Faculty
 Department chairpersons (or designates) make articulation
recommendations
 Faculty wear many hats
 Build a relationship – build trust!
 Provide details that could impact the articulation
recommendation:
 Major field structure
 Pre-requisites
 Articulation precedent
 Course sequencing
 Major vs. Non-Major
 Understand the recommendation, and how the course applies
within the DePaul curriculum
 If you need clarification, don’t be afraid to ask!
 Faculty articulate – we coach and coordinate!

13. Course Sequencing –
Semester vs. Quarter
 2 semesters = 3 quarters = 1 year of
study
 Calculus I + Calculus II at a semester
institution = Calculus I, Calculus II and
Calculus III at DePaul
 Spanish I + Spanish II at a semester
institution = Spanish I, Spanish II and
Spanish III at DePaul
 Bi l
Biology I + Bi l
Biology II at a semester
institution = Biology I, Biology II and Biology
III at DePaul

14. Communication with
Students
 OAAS Advising g
 Orientation Advising
 Major Field Advising
 College Office Advising
 LAST
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 We are here for our students!

15. Transfer Credit Supporting
Documentation Request

16. First Year Writing and Math / Technological Literacy

17. First - Year Writing
 Associate Director of First Year Writing
g
reviews courses for application toward the
first year writing requirement
 Per the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and
Discourse, the Associate Director of First Year
Writing usually makes articulation
recommendations for WRD 103 and WRD 104
 Per the Liberal Studies Waiver and Substitution
Policy, the Associate Director of First Year
Writing makes substitution recommendations for
other courses th t may meet the objectives of
th that t th bj ti f
first year writing, but are not articulated as WRD
103 and/or WRD 104 at DePaul

18. Math and Tech Literacy (MTL)
 Director of the Quantitative Reasoning
Program reviews courses for application
toward the Math and Tech Literacy
(MTL) requirement
i
 Makes articulation recommendations for
LSP 120 and LSP 121
 Makes substitution recommendations for
other courses that may meet the objectives
of MTL, but are not articulated as LSP 120
and/or LSP 121 at DePaul