Common Curriculum

Official Common Curriculum requirements are outlined in the DU Undergraduate Bulletin.

Watch Common Curriculum advising video and access the slides below: 

• Common Curriculum Slides
• Video Tip: For a quicker viewing experience, we recommend watching on 1.25x or 1.5x speed. Closed captions are available. 

Common Curriculum at a Glance

• The Common Curriculum promotes learning by engaging with students in various content areas, each designed to create a rigorous, inclusive, ethical, and liberating learning environment.
• By enrolling in course work across diverse experiences, DU students cultivate critical thought and creative thought, preparing them for leadership and citizenship in our global society.
• Undergraduate students typically take between 52 and 60 Common Curriculum credits, completed in the following categories:
   

  Class Name/Category	Credit Hours
  First-Year Seminar	4 credits
  Writing and Rhetoric (WRIT 1122 & WRIT 1133)	8 credits
  Language	4-12 credits
  Ways of Knowing: Analytical Inquiry: The Natural and Physical World (AI: Natural) Analytical Inquiry: Society and Culture (AI: Society) Scientific Inquiry: The Natural and Physical World (SI: Natural) Scientific Inquiry: Society and Culture (SI: Society)	32 credits
  Advanced Seminar	4 credits
  Total Credits	52-60 credits

    Note: Classes offered for Ways of Knowing may not be offered every quarter.

• Students in the DU Honors Program should consult approved
  courses as some requirements vary slightly.