Program Overview

DePaul University Academic Catalog

The DePaul University Academic Catalog provides information on the university's programs, courses, and policies.

Programs

DePaul University offers a wide range of programs, including:

• Undergraduate Core
  • Liberal Studies Program
  • Honors Program
• Colleges and Schools
  • College of Communication
  • College of Education
  • College of Law
  • College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • College of Science and Health
  • Driehaus College of Business
  • Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • School of Continuing and Professional Studies
  • School of Music
  • The Theatre School

Course Descriptions

The catalog includes course descriptions for various subjects, including:

• Accountancy (ACC)
• Administration & Supervision (A&S)
• African & Black Diaspora Studies (ABD)
• Albanian and Southeastern European Studies (ALB)
• Allied Health Technology (AHT)
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• American Studies (AMS)
• Animation (ANI)
• Anthropology (ANT)
• Applied Brass (APB)
• Applied Diplomacy (DPL)
• Applied Keyboard (APK)
• Applied Music (APM)
• Applied Percussion (APP)
• Applied Professional Studies (AP)
• Applied Strings (APS)
• Applied Technology (AT)
• Applied Voice (APV)
• Applied Woodwinds (APW)
• Arabic (ARB)
• Art and Architecture, History of (HAA)
• Art and Craft of Theatre (ACT)
• Art, Media, and Design (ART)
• Arts and Ideas (AI)
• Asian Studies, Global (AAS)
• Bilingual-Bicultural Education (BBE)
• Biological Sciences (BIO)
• Business Administration (BADM)
• Business Analytics (BUA)
• Business Law (BLW)
• Business Studies (BUS)
• Cannabis Studies (CAN)
• Career and Life Design (CLD)
• Catholic Studies (CTH)
• Catholic Theological Union (CTU)
• Chemistry (CHE)
• Chinese (CHN)
• Communication (CMN)
• Communication Studies (CMNS)
• Community Service Studies (CSS)
• Comparative Literature (CPL)
• Composition (COM)
• Computer Graphics & Motion Technology (GPH)
• Computer Science (CSC)
• Core Curriculum Arts and Ideas (CCA)
• Core Curriculum Human Community (CCH)
• Core Curriculum Scientific World (CCS)
• Counseling (CSL)
• Criminology (CRIM)
• Critical Ethnic Studies (CES)
• Curriculum Studies (CS)
• Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering (CSE)
• Cybersecurity (CSEC)
• Data Science (DSC)
• Decision Analytics (DA)
• Design (DES)
• Digital Humanities (DHS)
• Digital Media Arts (DMA)
• E-Commerce Technology (ECT)
• Early Childhood Education (ECE)
• Economics (ECO)
• Educating Adults (EA)
• Education - General (EDU)
• Elementary Education (EE)
• English (ENG)
• English Language Academy (ELA)
• Environmental Science (ENV)
• Experience Design (EXP)
• Film & Television Documentary (DOC)
• Film & Television Production (FILM)
• Film & TV Creative Producing (CP)
• Film & TV Post-Production (POST)
• Film & TV Screenwriting (SCWR)
• Finance (FIN)
• Focus Area (FA)
• French (FCH)
• Game Development (GAM)
• Geography (GEO)
• German (GER)
• Graduate School of Business (GSB)
• Graphic Design (GD)
• Greek (GRK)
• Health Communication (HTHC)
• Health Information Technology (HIT)
• Health Science (HLTH)
• History (HST)
• Honors (HON)
• Hospitality & Sports Business (HSB)
• Human Centered Design (HCD)
• Human Community (HC)
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• IIT Chemical Engineering (ICE)
• Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
• Illustration (ILL)
• Industrial Design (ID)
• Information Systems (IS)
• Information Technology (IT)
• Institute for Professional Development (IPD)
• Integrative Learning (IN)
• Interactive Media (IM)
• Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)
• Interdisciplinary Studies Program (ISP)
• International Business (IB)
• International Studies (INT)
• Irish Studies (IRE)
• Islamic World Studies (IWS)
• Italian (ITA)
• Japanese (JPN)
• Jazz Studies (JZZ)
• Journalism (JOUR)
• Kinesiology
• Labor Education (LE)
• Latin (LAT)
• Latin American & Latino Studies (LST)
• Law (LAW)
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Studies (LGQ)
• Liberal Learning Seminars (LLS)
• Liberal Studies in Education (LSE)
• Liberal Studies Program (LSP)
• Lifelong Learning (LL)
• Management (MGT)
• Management Information Systems (MIS)
• Marketing (MKT)
• Master of Public Health (MPH)
• Masters in Social Work (MSW)
• Masters of Liberal Studies (MLS)
• Mathematical Sciences (MAT)
• Mathematics for Middle School Teaching (MMT)
• Media and Popular Culture (MPOP)
• Middle Grades Education (MGE)
• Military Science (MSC)
• Modern Languages (MOL)
• Music Education (MED)
• Music Ensemble (MEN)
• Musicianship (MUS)
• Network Technologies (NET)
• Neuroscience (NEU)
• New Media Studies (NMS)
• Nursing (NSG)
• Occupational Therapy (OT)
• Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies (PAX)
• Performance (PRF)
• Performing Arts Management (PAM)
• Philosophy (PHL)
• Physics and Astrophysics (PHY)
• Polish (POL)
• Political Science (PSC)
• Portuguese (POR)
• Pre-Law (PRELAW)
• Professional Communication (PROCMN)
• Project Management (PM)
• Psychology (PSY)
• Public Policy Studies (PPS)
• Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD)
• Real Estate (RE)
• Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (FMS)
• Religious Studies (REL)
• Russian (RUS)
• School of Public Service (MPS)
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• Scientific World (SW)
• SCPS Degree Completion Major (DCM)
• SCPS Liberal Studies (SNC)
• Secondary Education (SEC)
• Social & Cultural Studies Ed Human Dev Grad (SCG)
• Social Work Undergraduate (SWU)
• Social/Cultural Studies Education/Human Dev Ugrd (SCU)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Software Engineering (SE)
• Sound Recording Technology (REC)
• Spanish (SPN)
• Special Education and Reading (SER)
• Speech Language Pathology (SLP)
• Sports Communication (SPRTCMN)
• Strategy Execution Valuation (SEV)
• Study Abroad Program (SAP)
• Sustainable Urban Development (SUD)
• TEACH Program (TCH)
• Teaching and Learning (T&L)
• Telecommunications (TDC)
• Theatre Studies (THE)
• Theatre Technology (TEC)
• Translation and Interpreting Studies (TIS)
• User Experience Design (UXD)
• Value-Creating Education (VCE)
• Visual Effects (VFX)
• Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)
• World Language Education (WLE)
• Writing Rhetoric and Discourse (WRD)

Applied Music (APM)

The Applied Music program offers courses in various areas, including:

• APM 124: English Diction
• APM 125: Italian Diction I
• APM 126: German Diction I
• APM 127: French Diction I
• APM 160: World Percussion Techniques
• APM 170: Percussion Concert Accessories Techniques Class
• APM 201: Introduction to Brass Playing
• APM 204: Vocal Coaching I
• APM 205: Junior Recital
• APM 225: Italian Diction II
• APM 226: German Diction II
• APM 227: French Diction II
• APM 242: Accompanying Class I
• APM 244: Accompanying Class II
• APM 245: Accompanying Class III
• APM 253: Introduction to Acting for Singers
• APM 254: Introduction to Acting for Singers II
• APM 300: Accompanying Practicum for Pianists I: Voice
• APM 301: Accompanying Practicum for Pianists II: Winds
• APM 302: Accompanying Practicum for Pianists III: Strings
• APM 303: Musical Coaching for Singers
• APM 304: Vocal Coaching II
• APM 305: Senior Recital
• APM 306: Harpsichord Performance Practice
• APM 308: Baroque Performance Practice-Instrumental
• APM 309: Music Entrepreneurship
• APM 311: Woodwind Pedagogy
• APM 312: Baroque Ornamentation for Performers
• APM 313: Music Technology for Percussionists
• APM 315: The Business of Music from the Performer's Perspective
• APM 319: Performance Practice and Critique
• APM 328: Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds I: Literature Performance
• APM 329: Woodwind Orchestral Repertoire II: Audition Preparation
• APM 332: Piano Pedagogy I
• APM 333: Piano Pedagogy II
• APM 336: Voice Pedagogy
• APM 337: Alexander Technique
• APM 338: Alexander Technique II
• APM 340: Orchestral Repertoire for Strings I
• APM 341: Orchestral Repertoire for Strings II
• APM 342: Orchestral Repertoire for Strings III
• APM 343: Orchestral Repertoire for String Bass
• APM 345: Audition Preparation
• APM 346: Percussion Pedagogy
• APM 347: Orchestral Repertoire for Percussion
• APM 350: Interpretation of Vocal Literature I
• APM 351: Interpretation of Vocal Literature II
• APM 352: Interpretation of Vocal Literature III
• APM 353: Techniques of the Music Stage I
• APM 354: Techniques of the Music Stage II
• APM 356: Opera Workshop
• APM 360: Topics in Performance
• APM 361: Piano Literature I: Renaissance, Baroque & Classical
• APM 362: Piano Literature II: Romanticism
• APM 363: Piano Literature III: Late 19th - 21st Century
• APM 372: Orchestral Repertoire for Brass
• APM 373: Brass Concepts
• APM 374: Brass Instrument Performance Style
• APM 377: Guitar History and Literature I
• APM 378: Guitar History and Literature II
• APM 379: Guitar History and Literature III
• APM 384: String Pedagogy I
• APM 385: String Pedagogy II
• APM 386: String Pedagogy III
• APM 387: Studio Teaching as a Profession
• APM 389: Advanced Vocal Diction
• APM 398: Independent Study
• APM 400: Opera Workshop
• APM 403: Musical Coaching for Singers
• APM 405: Graduate Recital
• APM 406: Harpsichord Performance Practice
• APM 408: Baroque Performance Practice-Instrumental
• APM 409: Music Entrepreneurship
• APM 411: Woodwind Pedagogy
• APM 412: Baroque Ornamentation for Performers
• APM 413: Music Technology for Percussionists
• APM 414: The Business of Music from the Performer's Perspective
• APM 415: Italian Diction/Language Lab
• APM 416: German Diction/Language Lab for Graduate Students
• APM 417: French Diction/Language Lab for Graduate Students
• APM 419: Performance Practice and Critique
• APM 428: Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds I: Literature Performance
• APM 429: Orchestral Repertoire for Strings
• APM 432: Orchestral Repertoire for String Bass
• APM 433: Woodwind Orchestral Repertoire II: Audition Preparation
• APM 437: Alexander Technique
• APM 438: Alexander Technique II
• APM 440: Orchestral Conducting
• APM 441: Accompanying Practicum
• APM 442: Accompanying Class
• APM 445: Audition Preparation
• APM 446: Percussion Pedagogy
• APM 447: Orchestral Repertoire: Percussion
• APM 450: Choral Conducting and Analysis
• APM 453: Advanced Techniques of the Music Stage
• APM 460: Topics in Performance
• APM 461: Piano Literature
• APM 462: Collaborative Piano I
• APM 463: Collaborative Piano II
• APM 464: Collaborative Piano III
• APM 465: Collaborative Piano Practicum I
• APM 466: Collaborative Piano Practicum II
• APM 467: Collaborative Piano Practicum III
• APM 468: Duo Sonata Class
• APM 470: World Percussion Techniques
• APM 471: Brass Concepts
• APM 472: Orchestral Repertoire for Brass
• APM 474: Brass Instrument Performance Style
• APM 477: Guitar History and Literature I
• APM 478: Guitar History and Literature II
• APM 479: Guitar History and Literature III
• APM 486: String Pedagogy
• APM 487: Advanced Vocal Diction
• APM 488: Studio Teaching as a Profession
• APM 490: Vocal Pedagogy II: Advanced Topics in Vocal Pedagogy
• APM 496: Voice Pedagogy
• APM 498: Independent Study