Liberal Studies Requirements
Honors program requirements can be found in the individual Colleges & Schools section of the University Catalog. Select the appropriate college or school, followed by Undergraduate Academics and scroll down.
Plan of Study Grid First Year Program | Hours |
LSP 110
or LSP 111 | DISCOVER CHICAGO
or EXPLORE CHICAGO | 4 |
LSP 112 | FOCAL POINT SEMINAR | 4 |
WRD 103 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC I 1 | 4 |
WRD 104 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC II 1 | 4 |
MAT 120 | QUANTITATIVE REASONING 2 | 4 |
Sophomore Year |
LSP 200 | SEMINAR ON RACE, POWER, AND RESISTANCE | 4 |
Junior Year |
| 4 |
Senior Year |
CMN 396 | CAPSTONE IN COMMUNICATION 1 | 4 |
Learning Domains
- 2 Courses Required
[1 CR Course and 1 SR Course]
- 2 Courses Required
[1 Lab Course and 1 SWK Course]
Note
Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements. If students double major, LSP Domain courses may double count for both LSP credit and the second major. Students who choose to take an experiential learning course offered by the major may count it either as a major requirement or the Experiential Learning requirement.
In meeting learning domain requirements, no more than one course that is outside the student’s major and is cross-listed with a course within the student’s major, can be applied to count for LSP domain credit. This policy does not apply to those who are pursuing a double major or earning BFA or BM degrees.
LSP Learning Domain Courses Offered Specifically Through CMN*
Arts and Literature
CMNS 230 Performance: Communication, Creativity and the Body
CMNS 367 Performance for Social Change
MCS 207 History of Cinema I
MCS 208 History of Cinema II
MCS 209 History of Cinema III
MCS 251 Spaces of Cinema in Rome
MCS 273 Storytelling and Style in Cinema
Philosophical Inquiry
MCS 343 Media Ethics
Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry
CMN 101 Introduction to Human Communication
CMN 102 Intro to Mass Communication
CMN 104 Public Speaking
CMNS 211 Interpersonal Communication
CMNS 310 Discourse Analysis
CMNS 339 Performance of Gender and Sexuality
CMNS 361 Gender and Communication
JOUR 361 Journalism Law and Ethics
MCS 231 Introduction to Documentary Studies
MCS 271 Media and Cultural Studies
MCS 350 Topics in Global Cinema
MCS 355 Sex in the Box: U.S. Television, Sex, and Sexuality
Understanding the Past
CMNS 328 History of Rhetoric and Communication
JOUR 343 Journalism and the American Experience
MCS 342 History of Television & Radio
Experiential Learning
CMN 394 Advanced Communication Internship
CMN 398 Study Abroad
CMNS 205 Communication, Culture and Community
* Communication students cannot take Learning Domain classes from their major (i.e. Intercultural students can't use INTC classes as Learning Domains).