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Liberal Studies Program

​Undergraduate Core Curriculum

The is ¹ú²úÂ鶹AV’s core curriculum. Liberal Studies courses are the heart of a comprehensive education on and off campus. In ¹ú²úÂ鶹AV’s LSP, you will have opportunities to learn subjects beyond your major field of study, work with organizations off campus, and even find ways to create impact in the world.

First-Year Program Courses

  • Chicago Quarter: Get acquainted with Chicago and its neighborhoods, cultures, and issues.
  • Focal Point Seminar: Investigate a significant person, place, event or idea.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: Become a confident and critical user of quantitative information.
  • First-Year Writing: Develop methods and forms of college writing.
  • Seminar on Race, Power and Resistance: Gain a critical perspective on the historical roots of inequality.​
  • Experiential Learning: Learn by doing through an internship, research*, study abroad, or service learning.
  • Capstone: Create a final project of your own design or extend your research in your major field(s).

*College of Science and Health students may satisfy their Experiential Learning requirement by completing research courses.

Learning Domains

In addition to the Common Core, offer you a chance to explore topics beyond your major. In domain courses, you will study topics that complement your major, encounter new subjects, and connect to diverse communities.

  • Arts and Literature
  • Historical Inquiry
  • Math and Computing
  • Philosophical Inquiry
  • Religious Dimensions
  • Scientific Inquiry
  • Social, Cultural and Behavioral Inquiry