Driehaus College of Business

Our program is taught by members of the active Chicago business communities. Business professors at DePaul University are successful business owners, consultants, entrepreneurs, and, even, CEOs (many times over in many cases). I do not think I have had a single professor who has not risen to the top of their field. They offer unique insight that the average business professor simply could not.

The quality of teaching and the quality of the physical classrooms can be improved. Some of the classrooms are starting to feel a bit dated, and money needs to go into the school in order for the facilities to stay on par with the larger schools, which are building new business program buildings.

The teachers do a great job of getting students to think critically about issues both with in class work and with real world events and issues. The work that is assigned and the methods that are taught are useful inside of the classroom and will continue to be useful in the future.

There are still some professors that take pride in failing students or having students repeat classes unnecessarily. DePaul should be ashamed of itself for holding on to these professors. If some of the bad professors were replaced with professors that know how to instruct and teach, the business program would be stronger.

We are all extremely hardworking, from our professors to our students. We are located in the best part of Chicago and have access to almost anything and anyone we can think of. Networking is key and our school definitely teaches us that. We are extremely diverse which works towards our benefit.

I believe that there should be a more hands on and real life applications. I also think that there should be more concern on student's job search, possibly a course before graduation that helps students apply (applying and going through the interview process should be the homework and grading process).

From my experience, many of the professors have been or currently are practitioners in the subject that they teach. I believe that enables them to teach in a manner best suited to learning things the way it is done in the field. Some classes feel more like work training than a purely academic class and I believe that is what the classes should be.

I often wish DePaul provided a better way to highlight outstanding instructors and report inadequate instructors. Like many colleges, DePaul students file course evaluations at the end of each term, but we have very little contact with the results of our evaluation.

First, most professors of DePaul's business program are currently in the workplace and they bring real-world experiences to the classroom. Also, DePaul is located at downtown Chicago, which is a financial center that offers a lot of job opportunities. Further, DePaul engages students in various competitions, such as the Driehaus Capital Management Virtual Portfolio Competition and CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge, and enables students to learn by doing.

Academic advising is basically worthless, provides minimal help with a lack of compassion for students. In addition they need to work on their transfer program and how they serve that growing population.

DePaul's business program is focused on experiential learning and leverages corporate partners throughout the Chicago area. The small classes make it really easy to connect with professors and other students.

Some professors are using their courses to convey dated material in a textbook. Getting rid of these professors would help. Also, organizing the higher quality professors to take more part in the design of the business programs and required workload. Quality Control of the Programs.

DePaul's Business Program is in the Loop of downtown Chicago. My professors are always taking advantage of this by bringing in business professionals and incorporating the Chicago business world with coursework. Also, DePaul's alumni network of business professionals is vast and are a resource to all students.

Teach more Excel!!! This is the ONLY flaw in the program. Finance majors especially need better excel prep and it's not available. This is a huge disadvantage.

The way course work is presented and how assignments are graded is unique. Professors at DePaul take more into consideration then grammar and content. How you deliver information is just as important as what you say in the business world. They have done an excellent job preparing students for "the real world".