Liberal Studies Program

Discover Chicago

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As an introduction to the First-Year Program, Discover Chicago courses should reflect central goals of the larger Liberal Studies Program at DePaul. Its objectives include developing reflectiveness and value consciousness, fostering critical and creative thinking and incorporating a multicultural perspective.

Criteria for Inclusion
Although the Discover Chicago program is designed with a great deal of flexibility, all courses must also:

  • Involve experiential learning through participation, direct observation, personal discovery and reflection
  • Develop students' writing and rhetorical skills through classroom exercises and projects
  • Promote the Vincentian values of community service and respect for diversity
  • Acquaint students with the Chicago Metropolitan area, its neighborhoods, cultures, people, institutions, organizations or issues
  • Introduce students to group-based learning, what it means to be a life-long learner and the enjoyment of learning; and encourage community building among first year students, provide students with an opportunity for academic mentoring and intellectually socialize students to the university