Discovery Learning Experience (DLE)

A Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) is discovery-based and experiential learning that involves instructional experiences out-of-class and beyond typical curriculum courses. These enrichment experiences exist for students under the supervision of a faculty member. UD students must register and successfully complete at least three credits of DLE. This may be one 3 credit experience or experiences of 1 or 2 credits adding up to three credits.

Three DLE credits are required of all* undergraduate bachelor degree students entering UD in Fall 2006 or later. This includes readmitted students, transfer students and students who began studies at UD in the Associate in Arts (AA) Program or Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS). Students fulfill the DLE requirement by registering for and successfully completing, prior to graduation, a total of three credits of DLE approved coursework (e.g. internship, service learning, independent study, undergraduate research program, or study abroad program). Effective Fall 2008, when a list of specific courses satisfying DLE was first published, only courses appearing on the DLE approved courses list fulfill the requirement. However, the list of DLE approved courses is retroactive, so a course completed before Fall 2008 fulfills the requirement if it appears on the list.

*The exception: A student who begins a UD bachelor degree program in Fall 2006 or later, who has at least twelve college or university credits (not including AP or IB credits) earned prior to Fall 2006 which are part of or have been posted to the UD transcript, is NOT obligated to fulfill the DLE requirement.

Note: DLE was introduced before Fall 2006 but the requirement is waived for all students who entered the University prior to Fall 2006.

DLE Office and Staff

212 Gore Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Phone - (302) 831-2027
Fax - (302) 831-2029