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Mission The mission of the DePaul University College of Commerce is to be a leader in the discovery and development of skills and knowledge as it relates to business and its global role. Our primary objective is to actively serve our markets in Chicago and around the world by making use of the latest technology to provide innovative educational programs. Our faculty members not only have a responsibility to maintain their academic and professional qualifications, primarily through discipline-based scholarship, but also to make contributions to the practice of and through research in support of teaching and pedagogy. The College focuses its teaching and research on both the current business setting and important future issues while providing service to both the academic and professional communities.

The College seeks to serve individuals and organizations desiring access to the highest quality business education as a means to achieve a full range of intellectual and professional goals from the perspective of ethical and responsible leadership. The students, staff, faculty, and other members of the University community strive to provide each other with the knowledge and experience needed to fulfill their intellectual and professional goals. This is a cooperative effort to create a framework for solving business problems within a global society. The College holds high-quality teaching and pedagogical innovation the same level of importance as scholarship and research.

Program Objectives

Graduates of DePaul’s undergraduate College of Commerce will:

Possess detailed knowledge of basic business practices, specific skills in a selected major field, and an understanding of the interdependence of functional areas in contemporary business organizations.

Understand the nature of, and interaction among the ethical, social, legal, technological, political, economic and other factors which influence business activity.

Be capable of applying appropriate analytic techniques to business decision making.

Have the knowledge and ability to communicate effectively.

Be capable of using relevant technology for data acquisition and analysis, decision making, and information dissemination.

Curriculum The student’s academic program consists of two parts, courses in the College of Commerce and courses in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Together, these two components contribute to the common purpose of all study in the College, namely professional preparation grounded in liberal education.

The student’s course of study in the college is in turn comprised of a Common Core, courses required of all students regardless of major field, and a number of major field courses in either the School of Accountancy & Management Information Systems (MIS), or the Departments of Economics, Finance, Management, or Marketing. A minimum of 192 quarter hours is necessary for graduation. The student should consult the entries which follow for a detailed description of the particular major field programs.

Liberal Studies Program The student’s course of study in the Liberal Studies Program is part of the undergraduate program devoted exclusively to liberal education. The program seeks to balance and, when necessary, augment the student’s course of study in the major field. In addition to the 16 quarter hours required in the First Year Program, all students in the college are required to complete courses distributed through domains in departments or schools designated by the Liberal Studies Program.

Liberal Studies Program Website For further information on the purposes and curriculum of the Liberal Studies Program—including a list of approved courses—students should consult a Commerce academic advisor or visit the LSP website.

http://las.depaul.edu/lsp/public_html/index.html

Requirements

Core Requirements

28 quarter hours required consisting of:

16 quarter hours in the First Year Program in the following courses.

4 quarter hours in Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago.

4 quarter hours in a Focal Point Seminar.

8 quarter hours in Composition and Rhetoric.
4 quarter hour sophomore seminar on Multiculturalism in the United States.
4 quarter hour junior year experiential learning requirement.
4 quarter hour senior capstone course.

Arts and Literature (AL):

12 quarter hours required. No more than two courses from the same department or program.

Philosophical Inquiry (PI):

8 quarter hours required.

Religious Dimensions (RD):

8 quarter hours required. One taken as Religious & Ethical Questions - RDRQ (formerly Patterns & Problems-RDPP) and one taken as Religious Traditions –RDRT (formerly Traditions in Context-RDTC)

Note: One course either of the Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions domains must be taken in business ethics.

Scientific Inquiry (SI):

12 quarter hours required consisting of the following:

4 quarter hours with a lab component.

4 quarter hours with a quantitative component.

4 quarter hours scientific inquiry elective.

No more than 2 courses from the same department or program may be taken. It is highly recommended that students take CSC 239 to fulfill the SI quantitative requirement.

Note: Commerce students may receive SI elective credit for Mathematics 147, 148, 150, 151, 160, 161, 170, or 171

Self, Society and the Modern World (SSMW):

4 quarter hours required. Commerce students are restricted from using approved Economics courses to fulfill this requirement

Understanding the Past (UP):

8 quarter hours required.

Courses must be from two different geographic categories: (1) Asia, (2) Latin America, (3) Africa, (4) North America, (5) Europe, (6) Intercontinental/Comparative.

Global Perspective (GP):

3 courses (12 quarter hours).

To fulfill the Global Perspective (GP) requirement, students may choose one of three curricular options:

Students who wish to study a modern language may choose the Liberal Studies Modern Language Option. Students may substitute a three-course language sequence for two domain courses and an elective.
Students who wish to study abroad may select an approved program of study to use as GP credit.
Students may select three approved courses from the Liberal Studies domains identified as available for GP credit by the college. Selected courses must focus on cultures outside of the United States. Students may need to submit written proposals for their GP option. Students should see a commerce advisor for assistance. For a list of approved courses, visit the following link: http://commerce.depaul.edu/undergrad/contents/current/GP.pdf.