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Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate programs consist of the Core of Common Studies and a specific major in one of the eight undergraduate colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Communication, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Health Sciences, College of Nursing and College of Professional Studies. All undergraduates take the Core of Common Studies, courses in nine subject areas that provide a Jesuit liberal arts foundation (fully described in the Core of Common Studies section of the bulletin). Specific majors within each college are detailed in the college's section of the bulletin.

Undergraduate Learning Outcomes

Students who complete an undergraduate degree at Marquette University will be prepared to:

• Pursue an integration of knowledge into a comprehensive, transcendent vision of life.
• Apply the knowledge and skills of an academic discipline, program or profession to a career or graduate study.
• Utilize critical thinking and reflection to effect positive change in themselves, others and their communities.
• Communicate in modes appropriate to various subjects and diverse audiences.
• Exercise just, responsible and competent leadership in professional, intellectual and societal contexts.
• Act for social justice within the diverse global human family.

Information about how the university assesses student abilities and preparation for these learning outcomes can be found at the Assessment website. This website also contains outcomes data from 2006 to present.