Academics at DePaul University | Online Bachelors Degree

Academics

Distinguishing Characteristics

School type	Private
Terms	Quarter
First year of program	2001-2002

Faculty & Classes

Full-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	24
Part-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	98
Average online teaching experience	5 years
Faculty have at least 1 year online teaching experience	91%
Faculty have at least 2 years online teaching experience	86%
Faculty have at least 3 years online teaching experience	78%
Full-time faculty with doctorate	23
Part-time faculty with doctorate	36
Full-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	0
Part-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	1
School finances online instructor training	Yes
Continuing online instruction education required	Yes
Full-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	8
Part-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	4
Average class size	17
Maximum class size	26

Programs

Online bachelor's degree programs

Online courses

135

Five most popular majors

General Studies	100%
N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A

All majors

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

General Studies

About the online bachelor's degree program (as submitted by school)

Award winning faculty training program. Small classes and personal attention. Competence based curriculum that includes credit for life experience. Students can design their own concentrations, working one on one with faculty.

Integration With Campus

Can earn degree entirely online

Yes

Possible in-person attendance requirements

Orientations	No
Classes	No
Group projects/simulations	No
Exams	No

Same academic track as campus-based program

Yes

Collaboration among online and face-to-face students

Neutral

Students enroll as online students

Yes, they are bound to courses as online students after enrollment

Credits earned online equal earned on campus

Yes

Faculty who teach online also teach on campus

All

Same curricula for online and face-to-face students

All

Veterans

Institution is G.I. Bill certified	Yes
Institution participates in Yellow Ribbon Program	Yes
Institution is SOC Member	No
Offers DANTES course(s) for credit	N/A

Delivery

Archived classes	All
Classes can be received live	None
Live online/on-campus classes after 5 p.m.	N/A
Online chatrooms	Yes
Web conferencing (webinars)	Yes
Skype or other visual software	Yes
New-student orientation	Optional
Review and sign ethics statement	No
Percentage of classes with lectures	1-25
Number of times per week students must login to a typical course	3
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	8
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	8
Courses requiring students to work collaboratively with other students	Minority
Class participation graded	Yes
Exams	No
Number of settings in which in-person exams are administered	N/A
Anti-plagiarism screening required for essay assignments	Depends
Measures to instill academic integrity (as submitted by school)
DePaul’s policy on Academic Integrity is included in all syllabi of online courses and in DePaul’s Undergraduate Student handbook. In addition, a link to the Academic integrity website is available in each online course. Turn-It-In technology is available to DePaul faculty to verify originality of student work. The technology is based on prior submissions to Turn-It-In as well as public sources against which a student's current submission is compared. After comparison, Turn-It-In gives the faculty member a report on the probability of plagiarism, though the final decision whether the work constitutes a violation of DePaul's Academic Integrity Policy is made by the DePaul course instructor.

List of Student Assessments Administered

Graduation & Retention

One-year retention rates	N/A
Limited time to complete degree	No
Target time to earn final 25% of credits	1.5 years
Maximum time to earn final 25% of credits	N/A
Graduation rates	N/A
School tracks graduates	Yes