These ten institutional learning goals do not exhaust the learning goals at DePaul University. Notably, they do not explicitly refer to the expectations specific to the various colleges/schools and departments. Nor will they be pursued in neither the same manner nor the same degree in every unit. Nevertheless, the education of all recipients of a DePaul degree should be characterized by these goals, along with the goals specific to the student's unit. Since graduate and professional schools encounter students at different stages of their education and at different levels of maturity, their approaches to these goals and their methods of measuring will have to be adjusted accordingly.

1. Mastery of Content

A DePaul graduate will establish mastery of a body of knowledge and skills in depth and breadth.

2. Articulate Communication

A DePaul graduate will be able to communicate articulately in both the spoken and written word, being able to read and listen critically in order to understand the conversation in progress, and to adjust diction and style to the anticipated audience, to the subject matter, and to the purpose of the communication. This goal recognizes the necessity that a student's ability to communicate keep pace with the increasing subtlety, precision and depth of the student's knowledge, sensibilities, and deliberative powers.

3. Accomplishment of Goal

A DePaul graduate will have the capacity to engage in inquiry, being self-directed in one's work, as well as being able to cooperate toward group accomplishment as a member of a team.

4. Knowledge of and Respect for Diversity

A DePaul graduate will learn to recognize the importance of multicultural and global approaches to teaching and learning as core strands in a curriculum and that that the study and examination of differences and diversity are integral to and interwoven throughout one's education at DePaul University.

5. Development of a Service-oriented, Socially Responsible Value and Ethical Framework

A DePaul graduate will develop or enhance his/her value and ethical framework and respect the religious and ethical foundations that are central to DePaul's mission. This goal requires the university to provide opportunities, incentives, and resources to help students appreciate their responsibilities to others and to society.

6. Critical and Creative Thinking

A DePaul graduate will be capable of thinking critically and creatively, integrating knowledge and ways of knowing; making reflective judgments; identifying significant ideas and their underlying assumptions, biases, and presuppositions.

7. Development of Multiple Literacies

A DePaul graduate will develop literacy in multiple areas, including computer literacy, information literacy, math literacy, linguistic literacy, visual literacy, and scientific literacy.

8. Personal Arts and Literature Aesthetic

A DePaul graduate will form a personal arts and literature aesthetic as a component of keen judgment, flexible imagination, self-expression, and moral sensibility.

9. Self-reflection and Life Skills

A DePaul graduate will be able to apply their DePaul education to life and learning, to reflect on learning and experiences, and discover what choices are available to them and how to make life's choices wisely.

10. Historical Consciousness