Program Overview

DePaul University Academic Catalog

The DePaul University Academic Catalog provides an overview of the university's programs, courses, and policies. The catalog is updated annually and is available online.

Programs

DePaul University offers a wide range of programs, including undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificate programs, and online courses. The programs are organized into several colleges and schools, including:

• 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 detailed course descriptions, including the course title, description, credits, and prerequisites. The courses are organized by department and include:

• 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 and GIS (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 Leadership (HSP)
• Human Centered Design (HCD)
• Human Community (HC)
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• IIT Chemical Engineering (ICE)
• Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
• Illustration (ILL)
• Information Systems (IS)
• Information Technology (IT)
• Institute for Professional Development (IPD)
• Integrative Learning (IN)
• Interactive Media (IM)
• Interdisciplinary Commerce Studies (ICS)
• 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 Studies (MCS)
• 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)
• Physical Education (PE)
• 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)
• 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)

Health Information Technology (HIT) Program

The Health Information Technology (HIT) program at DePaul University offers a range of courses and degree programs in health informatics, including:

HIT 421: Health Informatics

This course provides an overview of fundamental concepts of information management in healthcare, including data quality, external factors that impact healthcare data management, and information systems.

HIT 422: System Design for Health Care

This course focuses on systems design for healthcare, including database design, interface and dialogue design, usability and human factors, report design, system implementation, and system maintenance.

HIT 430: Electronic Health Records

This course provides a comprehensive overview of principles and practices of Electronic Health Records (EHR) management, including data standards and integration, interoperability and information exchange models, data security, and privacy.

HIT 440: Health Information Exchange and Networking

This course discusses electronic health information systems and their design, implementation, and application, including information security, privacy and integrity, data exchange standards, and basic principles of telecommunications and infrastructure security.

HIT 451: Accounting and Financial Management in Healthcare

This course prepares students to effectively interact with accounting and financial management staff and participate in various aspects of financial control and planning in healthcare organizations.

HIT 511: Healthcare Management in Non-Hospital Settings

This course introduces students to many healthcare services outside the traditional hospital setting and provides knowledge of the operations of such healthcare settings.

HIT 515: Healthcare Law

This course reviews the American legal system as the context within which to consider contemporary medico-legal issues and provides a legal framework for exploring healthcare management issues.

HIT 590: Topics in Health Informatics

This course provides advanced study focusing on a specific area of health informatics each quarter and may be repeated for credit.