Academics

​​​​​​​​​​DePaul’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LAS) offers a wide range of liberal arts degrees for students excited by the opportunity to enrich their lives and the lives of others.

LAS is the most established college at DePaul, with more than 31 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate programs. The college offers courses in the day, evenings and on weekends, primarily on our Lincoln Park Campus.

Academic Offerings

Major

Minor

Graduate

Certificate

African & Black Diaspora Studies
American Politics
American Sign Language
American Studies
Anthropology
Applied Diplomacy
Arabic
Arabic Studies
Archaeology
Architecture and Urbanism
Art
Art, Media, and Design
Bioethics and Society
Business of Visual Arts
Catholic Studies
Chicago Studies
Chinese
Chinese Studies
Classical Studies
Climate Change Science and Policy
Commercial French
Commercial Spanish
Commerical Chinese
Community Development
Community Service Studies
Comparative Literature
Creative Practice: Art and Writing
Creative Writing
Creative Writing and Publishing
Criminology
Critical Ethnic Studies
Digital Humanities
Drawing
Economics
Economics Honors
Emergency Management Administration
Energy Policy and Management
English
English Literature
English Literature and Publishing
Food Studies
French
French Translation
Geographic Information Systems
Geography
German
German Studies
Global Asian Studies
Global Health
Graphic Art
Health Care Administration
History
History of Art & Architecture
History of Law
Illustration
Interdisciplinary Studies
International Politics
International Public Service
International Studies
Irish Studies
Islamic World Studies
Italian
Japanese
Japanese Studies
Language Proficiency
Latin American & Latino Studies
Latino/a Culture and Communication
LGBTQ Studies
Liberal Studies
Linguistics
Medical Anthropology
Metropolitan Planning & Development
Museum Studies
Nonprofit Management			*
Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies
Philosophy			^
Photography
Polish
Political Science
Professional Writing
Public Administration			*
Public Health
Public Law/Political Thought
Public Policy			*
Public Service Management			*
Publishing
Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
Religious Studies
Russian
Russian Studies
Social Research
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
Spanish Linguistics
Spanish Translation
Strategic Writing and Advancement for Nonprofits
Studio Art
Sustainable Urban Development
Sustainable Urban Food Systems
Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Translation and Interpreting
Urban Geography and Planning
Women's and Gender Studies
Writing and Publishing
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse	*

* Asterisk indicates online degree completion is available.

^ Caret indicates PhD option is available.