Program Overview

DePaul University Academic Catalog

The DePaul University Academic Catalog provides information on the various programs offered by the university. The catalog includes details on undergraduate and graduate programs, course descriptions, and academic policies.

Programs

DePaul University offers a wide range of programs, including:

• Accountancy (ACC)
• Administration & Supervision (A&S)
• African & Black Diaspora Studies (ABD)
• 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 School, The (ART)
• Arts and Ideas (AI)
• Asian Studies, Global (AAS)
• Bilingual-Bicultural Education (BBE)
• Biological Sciences (BIO)
• Business Administration (BADM)
• Business Law (BLW)
• Business Studies (BUS)
• 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 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)
• 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)
• Organizational Communication (ORGC)
• Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies (PAX)
• Performance (PRF)
• Performing Arts Management (PAM)
• Philosophy (PHL)
• Physical Education (PE)
• Physics (PHY)
• Polish (POL)
• Political Science (PSC)
• Portuguese (POR)
• Pre-Law (PRELAW)
• Project Management (PM)
• Psychology (PSY)
• Public Policy Studies (PPS)
• Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD)
• Public Services (MPS)
• Real Estate (RE)
• Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (FMS)
• Religious Studies (REL)
• Russian (RUS)
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• Scientific World (SW)
• SCPS Liberal Studies (SNC)
• Secondary Education (SEC)
• SNL Degree Completion Major (DCM)
• Social & Cultural Studies Ed Human Dev Grad (SCG)
• 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)
• University Internship Program (UIP)
• 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)

Composition (COM) Program

The Composition (COM) program at DePaul University offers a range of courses and degree options for students interested in music composition. The program includes:

• COM 300: Orchestration I: Ranges, sonorities, and characteristics of woodwind, brass, percussion, and string instruments; orchestrational studies of representative works through the 19th century; arrangements for orchestral ensembles.
• COM 301: 16th Century Counterpoint: Species counterpoint in two and three parts; melodic, formal, and "harmonic" practices in Renaissance polyphony; free composition in the style; analysis and in-class performances of Renaissance motets and mass settings as well as original student compositions.
• COM 302: 18th Century Counterpoint: Contrapuntal techniques of Bach and Handel; analysis, composition, and in-class performances of solo and ensemble works in the style. Assignments include composition of inventions and fugues.
• COM 303: 20th Century Counterpoint: Exploration of contrapuntal techniques using 20th-century vocabularies; analysis of selected compositions from the 20th-century, including works of Ives, Schonberg, Webern, Bartok, Hindemith, Ligeti, and others as well as music of very recent times.
• COM 305: Analytical Studies: Use of various analytical techniques for detailed studies of selected compositions from the common-practice period through the present day.
• COM 313: Introduction to Composition: Basic composition. Recommended as preparatory for intended composition majors. This course may be repeated for credit.
• COM 315: Composition: Exploration of 20th and 21st-century techniques through creative projects and possible analytical assignments. Projects are designed to lead to the completion of compositions for a variety of performance media, culminating in the senior composition project.
• COM 316: Computer Assisted Composition: The purpose of this course is to offer composition majors an introduction to the use of computers in the implementation of generative and formal strategies for music composition.
• COM 320: Orchestration II: A survey of orchestrational practices and techniques from the last 100 years. Assignments include analysis, notation, and orchestration.
• COM 326: Electro-Acoustic Music I: Introduction to the history and literature of electro-acoustic music. Introduction to electronic tools and techniques, including MIDI sequencing, timbral manipulation, and digital sampling.
• COM 327: Electro-Acoustic Music II: Introduction to digital video and multimedia composition and delivery. Further study in the history, literature, and analysis of electro-acoustic music.
• COM 360: Topics in Composition: An in-depth investigation of a topic in composition.
• COM 398: Independent Study: An in-depth study of a composition topic under the supervision of a faculty member.
• COM 399: Final Composition Project: Completion of a final composition project for a large ensemble of six minutes or more. The specific ensemble is to be determined by the student and the composition department and work for this project will be a part of composition lessons throughout the student's senior year.
• COM 405: Analytical Studies: The study and practice of specific analytical techniques as related to specific works from the common practice period through the present day.
• COM 415: Composition: The study of advanced compositional issues at the graduate level which will culminate in quarterly projects as well as a final composition project.
• COM 416: Computer Assisted Composition: The purpose of this course is to offer composition majors an introduction to the use of computers in the implementation of generative and formal strategies for music composition.
• COM 420: Orchestration II: The study of significant notation, orchestration, and instrumentation practices and techniques from the last 75 years. Course activities include consistent score analysis as well as demonstrations of extended instrumental techniques. Projects include orchestral transcriptions and the creation of short works for specific instrumental combinations.
• COM 421: Seminar in Composition:
• COM 444: Notational Seminar: Notation, Composition, & Sound Structures: A study of some of the most relevant notational issues that have emerged in western music since WWII.
• COM 445: Twentieth Century Music Topics: A review of significant 20th-century literature and techniques as partial preparation for the comprehensive exam.
• COM 446: New Music Composition Seminar: Analysis of compositional and notation techniques as found in significant new works from the last twenty-thirty years for chamber ensembles or orchestral ensembles. Students will develop weekly presentations on specific works that will eventually be presented at the department's weekly meeting sessions and will also develop a minimum 10-page paper on one-two works.
• COM 447: Non-Western Sound and Concept in Contemporary Music: This class will consist of two major elements: one is a survey of the non-western influences in question and the second is the application of non-western influences to actual composition. The final goal of the class is to produce a small-scale composition, which demonstrates the application of non-western music ideas.
• COM 460: Topics in Composition: An in-depth investigation of a topic in composition.
• COM 498: Independent Study: An in-depth study of a composition topic under the supervision of a faculty member.