Liberal Studies Requirements

Liberal Studies Requirements

Honors program requirements can be found in the individual Colleges & Schools section of the University Catalog. Select the appropriate college or school, followed by Undergraduate Academics and scroll down.

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Students must earn a C- or better in this course.

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For Public Health Sciences Concentration Only: Readiness for MAT 120 is determined by the math placement test taken online after admission. Students may need to take developmental coursework prior to MAT 120. Students who complete MAT 120 and both a Computational Reasoning (CR) course and a Statistical Reasoning (SR) course in the Math and Computing Learning Domain take one less Learning Domain course. Students may not apply the course reduction to any Domain where only one course is required, and cannot be applied to the Scientific Inquiry Learning Domain.  The MAT 120 requirement may be waived by passing a dedicated proficiency exam or it may be fulfilled by credit for advanced math coursework earned  in-residence at DePaul (MAT 135, MAT 136, MAT 147, MAT 148, MAT 149, MAT 150, MAT 151, MAT 152 MAT 155, MAT 156, MAT 160, MAT 161, MAT 162 MAT 170, MAT 171, MAT 172, or equivalent) or earned externally either as transfer credit from another college/university or as test credit through AP, CLEP, IB, or International A and A/S Level exams. Calculus course(s) may be used to fulfill any of the three QR/MCD requirements.

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Students in the Combined Occupational Therapy (MS) program must complete the Experiential Learning requirement by taking OT 412 and OT 422. Students in the Accelerated 3+ Pre-Pharmacy program are not required to take an Experiential Learning course.

Learning Domains

Arts and Literature (AL)

•  3 Courses Required
  (See notes below)

Historical Inquiry (HI)

• 2 Courses Required 

Math and Computing (MC)

• 1 Course Required (Not Required for Bioscience Concentration)
  [must be a Computational Reasoning (CR) Course]

Philosophical Inquiry (PI)

• 2 Courses Required
  (See notes below)

Religious Dimensions (RD)

• 2 Courses Required
  (See notes below)

Scientific Inquiry (SI)

• Not Required

Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry (SCBI)

• 3 Courses Required
  (See notes below)

Notes

Students must complete one approved health ethics course: REL 229 (RD) or PHL 229 (PI) within their liberal studies program or an elective in the major, HLTH 229.

Students in the Accelerated 3+ Pre-Medicine program have a two course reduction in the Philosophical Inquiry (PI) domain. Students in the Accelerated 3+ Pre-Pharmacy program have a one course reduction in the Arts and Literature (AL) domain, a one course reduction in the PI domain, and do not need to take Experiential Learning course. Students in the Combined Occupational Therapy (MS) program have a one course reduction in the AL, PI, and Social, Cultural and Behavioral Inquiry (SCBI) domains. 

Specified required courses within Liberal Studies may have grade minimums (e.g. C- or better). Please consult your advisor or your college and major requirements.​​

Students with a primary major in Health Sciences are required to complete the Capstone offered by the Health Sciences department. Students double majoring or pursuing dual degrees with the primary major or primary degree in Health Sciences are required to complete the Capstone offered by the Health Sciences department. Health Sciences students in the University Honors Program shall take the University Honors Capstone. They are not expected to take both the Honors Capstone and the primary major or primary degree Capstone.​​

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements. If students double major, LSP Domain courses may double count for both LSP credit and the second major. Students who take an experiential learning course offered by the major may count it either as the Experiential Learning requirement or a general elective.

In meeting learning domain requirements, no more than one course that is outside the student’s major and is cross-listed with a course within the student’s major, can be applied to count for LSP domain credit. This policy does not apply to those who are pursuing a double major.

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