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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.

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

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