The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D- or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program . Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Note Students must complete an ethics class as one of the Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions requirements. In this sample schedule the ethics requirement replaces one of the Philosophical Inquiry requirements.

IT 201
IT 130	IT 130 Self-Test
IT 240	IT 240 Self-Test
IT 263
IT 231

IT 215

IT 223

CSC 211

AND CSC 212

OR CSC 261

AND CSC 262

CSC 383

IM 210

WRD 204

OR WRD 301

ECT 330

IS 372

ECT 355

ECT 360

CMNS 212

OR CMNS 220

3 Open Electives

IS 375

CNS 340

SE 352

IS 376 (Capstone)

2 Major Electives

3 Open Electives

Major Electives can be chosen from any 300 level CDM courses

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.

Open Electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul. These are the only courses that may be taken under the pass/fail option (see the DePaul Undergraduate Course Catalog for details). Students must earn a grade of D- or higher in all open elective courses. Courses that satisfy a CDM minor or other minors are normally credited as open electives.