The history program at Roosevelt University is committed to providing students with an awareness of the past that fosters an informed citizenry capable of building and sustaining democratic traditions. The program focuses on history from a local, national, and global perspective taught by a distinguished faculty specializing in European, Latin American, and United States cultural and social history and topics such as gender, labor, urban, film and history of medicine.

The philosophy program at Roosevelt University offers a complete undergraduate program in the history and problems of philosophy. A distinguished faculty specializes in film, environment, happiness and the philosophical works that inspired the American Founding. Course offerings provide the intensive education necessary for students planning to use a major in philosophy as the core of a liberal education, as well as for those intending to pursue graduate studies.

The art program at Roosevelt University offers a minor that combines studio and lecture classes with the possibility of an internship in the community. Art courses at the advanced level emphasize transformation learning opportunities and the exploration of art and web-based forms of communication.