Core Curriculum Guide: Knowledge Areas
Artistic Knowledge and Experience
Learning Outcome: Demonstrate knowledge of, or experience in, artistic traditions and expressions.
The study of art is essential for a complete education of the whole person because it fosters a search for truth and a respect for the human person Artistic expression and knowledge in the core curriculum encourages students to develop critical habits of the mind and ethical standards of behavior in their preparation for life. The core curriculum will provide students with the opportunity to engage in the arts, through creative processes as well as through formal study; and to explore non-linear modes of thinking, problem -solving and expression. "Art" is understood to encompass any and all forms of artistic expression, including but not limited to, music, theater, film, and visual and plastic arts.
Competencies: By way of example, Loyola graduates should be able to:
- Study, create, or participate in the creation or performance of some forms of artistic expression as a means of exploring human experience and understanding the creative process.
- Demonstrate visual and aural literacy.
- Acquire the critical and technical vocabulary enabling them to describe and analyze, and formulate an argument about, artistic productions.
- Assess how formal qualities of artistic expression are intrinsically tied to an audience.
- Examine multiple interpretive possibilities of any artistic production, and know that such interpretations both reflect the culture that produced them and change over time.
- Evaluate works of art in light of aesthetic and historic precedent.
- Recognize and participate in the artistic-cultural life of their communities.
- Acquire collaborative skills through group problem-solving and negotiation.
Artistic Knowledge and Experience Courses
| The Art of Ancient Greece | CLST 306 |
| This course is an introduction to the art of the ancient Greeks from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period (to c. 50 B.C.E.). Outcome: Students will be able to better focus in, observe, describe and analyze objects of ancient Greek art, to introduce thoughtfully the considered views of others, and to formulate their own fresh interpretations and viewpoints about how and why such art was produced and what it means. |
View syllabus Skill Area: Critical Thinking |
| The Art of the Roman World | CLST 307 |
| This course is an introduction to the art of the Roman world from c. 1000 B.C.E. to about AD 400. Outcome: Students will be able to better describe and analyze ancient Roman era art and to formulate arguments and interpretations about how and why such art was produced and how it may be interpreted. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Ballet I - Introduction to Ballet | DANC 111 |
2 credit hoursOutcome: Students demonstrate competency on an immediate basis as they physically perform continuously throughout the lesson. Dance refines critical thinking skills through ongoing problem solving, arranging and connecting patterns, experience of cause/effect, understanding the relationship of parts to the whole, continuous assessment and integration of domains. Students will experience opportunities for grace and expressiveness in movement communication. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communication (visual and non-verbal) critical thinking psychomotor |
| Modern I - Introduction to Modern Dance | DANC 121 |
| 2 credit hours This course is an introduction to the concepts and vocabulary at the foundation of classical modern dance technique. An introductory dance class provides students with the opportunity develop cognitive, psychomotor and affective skills. Outcome: Students demonstrate competency on an immediate basis as they physically perform continuously throughout the lesson. Dance refines critical thinking skills through ongoing problem solving, arranging and connecting patterns, experience of cause/effect, understanding the relationship of parts to the whole, continuous assessment and integration of domains. Students will experience opportunities for grace and expressiveness in movement communication. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communication (visual and non-verbal) critical thinking psychomotor |
| Jazz I - Introduction to Jazz Dance | DANC 131 |
| 2 credit hours This course is an introduction to the concepts and vocabulary at the foundation of classical jazz dance technique. An introductory dance class provides students with the opportunity develop cognitive, psychomotor and affective skills. Outcome: Students demonstrate competency on an immediate basis as they physically perform continuously throughout the lesson. Dance refines critical thinking skills through ongoing problem solving, arranging and connecting patterns, experience of cause/effect, understanding the relationship of parts to the whole, continuous assessment and integration of domains. Students will experience opportunities for grace and expressiveness in movement communication. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communication (visual and non-verbal) critical thinking psychomotor |
| Dance History II | DANC 250 |
| This is a course that will introduce students to history as a discipline by instructing students on the historical and cultural influences that shape theatrical dance. It explores the development of ballet as an art form and its relationship to the French court of Louis the XIV. Additional focus is on the forces that shaped the development of modern dance in America in the 20th century. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the history of dance and will be able to discuss multiple dance forms and the forces which contributed to their development. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communication (visual and non-verbal) critical thinking |
| Introduction to Film History | ENGL 284 |
| This course is an introduction to the history and aesthetics of film. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the history of film and will be able to engage in close readings of films. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| The Writing of Poetry | ENGL 317 |
| This course goes in-depth into the reading and writing of poetry. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the critical skills necessary for discussing, analyzing and formulating arguments about poetry, and will produce a portfolio of original poems. |
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| The Writing of Fiction | ENGL 318 |
| Students participate in 2-dimensional artistic production through the experience of mixed media, including drawing, painting and computer design. Outcome: Students will be able to produce new ideas and explore what it is to be human through experiential non-discursive learning. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (visual) |
| 2 - Dimensional Design | FNAR 112 |
| Drawing I | FNAR 113 |
| Students participate in artistic production through the experience of drawing. Outcome: Students will be able to produce new ideas and explore what it is to be human through experiential non-discursive learning. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (visual) |
| Painting I | FNAR 114 |
| Students participate in artistic production through the experience of painting. Outcome: Students will be able to produce new ideas and explore what it is to be human through experiential non-discursive learning. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (visual) |
| Students participate in artistic production through the experience of ceramics. Outcome: Students will be able to produce new ideas and explore what it is to be human through experiential non-discursive learning. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (visual) |
| Sculpture I | FNAR 124 |
| Students participate in artistic production through the experience of sculpture. Outcome: Students will be able to produce new ideas and explore what it is to be human through experiential non-discursive learning. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (visual) |
| Art and Visual Culture | FNAR 199 |
| This course is an introduction to the principles of art and their application to broader visual culture. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of, or experience in, artistic traditions and expressions. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking communications (visual) (oral) (written) |
| Art History: Prehistory to Renaissance | FNAR 200 |
| This course examines the history of art from its beginnings, focusing on art of historical periods and civilizations from ancient times through the medieval era in the ancient Near East and Western Europe. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of, or experience in, artistic traditions and expressions. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Art History: Renaissance to Modern | FNAR 201 |
| This course examines the development of art in Western culture from the Renaissance to the modern era of the twentieth century. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of, or experience in, artistic traditions and expressions. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Modern Art | FNAR 202 |
| This course examines the origins and development of modern art in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of, or experience in, artistic traditions and expressions. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Italian Film Genre | LITR 264 |
| This course focuses on major Italian films from the period between 1947 and 2002 in order to give students an overview of the dramatic economic, social and political changes in Italian society over the last 55 years. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the Italian art film tradition. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking communications (visual) |
| Literature and Opera | LITR 285 |
| This course examines the complex relationships--sometimes happy, sometimes hostile--between literature and music on the operatic stage. Outcome: Students will be able to understand and appreciate opera. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking communications (written) |
| The Art of Listening | MUSC 101 |
| This course focuses on the acquisition and enhancement of music listening skills. Outcome: Students will be able to use musical terminology to identify the progression of musical events and will be able to recognize various musical styles and genres. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Class Piano for Beginners | MUSC 102 |
| This course presents the basic theoretic principles of music and allows students to participate in the creation or performance of artistic expression as a member of a group. Outcome: Students will be able to read/play music in both treble and bass clefs. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (oral) |
| Class Guitar for Beginners | MUSC 103 |
| This course presents the basic theoretic principles of music and allows students to participate in the creation or performance of artistic expression as a member of a group. Outcome: Students will be able to read/play music in both treble and bass clefs. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (oral) |
| Loyola University Orchestra | MUSC 105 |
| Through practicing, coaching with professional musicians, rehearsing, and performing orchestral music, students learn how to solve technical problems and apply those solutions to a public performance. Students across the university participate in the university orchestra, making it one of the few places in the curriculum where students from different disciplines can participate in an activity as a unified community. Outcome: Students will be able to present a public performance as part of the University Orchestra. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (oral) |
| Guitar Ensemble | MUSC 106 |
| 1 credit hour This ensemble is devoted to the study, rehearsal and performance of appropriate literature from all periods and styles. Outcome: Students will be able to present a public performance as part of the Guitar Ensemble. |
Skill Area: critical thinking |
| University Chorus | MUSC 107 |
| 1 credit hour This ensemble is devoted to the study, rehearsal and performance of appropriate literature from all periods and styles. Outcome: Students will be able to present a public performance as part of the University Chorus. |
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| Jazz Band | MUSC 109 |
| 1 credit hour This ensemble is devoted to the study, rehearsal and performance of appropriate literature from all periods and styles. Outcome: Students will be able to present a public performance as part of the Jazz Band. |
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| Wind Ensemble | MUSC 110 |
| 1 credit hour This ensemble is devoted to the study, rehearsal and performance of appropriate literature from all periods and styles. Outcome: Students will be able to present a public performance as part of the Wind Ensemble. |
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| Class Voice for Beginners | MUSC 142/THTR 142 |
| This course presents the basic theoretic principles of music and allows students to participate in the creation or performance of artistic expression as a member of a group. Outcome: Students will be able to read/play music in both treble and bass clefs. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (oral) |
| Applied Guitar | MUSC 282 |
| 1 credit hour This course is designed to provide the Guitar student with individual instruction for the study, rehearsal and performance of appropriate literature from all periods and styles. Outcome: Students will be able to study, create, or participate in the creation or performance of artistic expression. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Applied Piano | MUSC 284 |
| 1 credit hour This course is designed to provide the Piano student with individual instruction for the study, rehearsal and performance of appropriate literature from all periods and styles. Outcome: Students will be able to study, create, or participate in the creation or performance of artistic expression. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Applied Voice | MUSC 285 |
| 1 credit hour This course is designed to provide the Voice student with individual instruction for the study, rehearsal and performance of appropriate literature from all periods and styles. Outcome: Students will be able to study, create, or participate in the creation or performance of artistic expression. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking |
| Introduction to the Theatrical Experience | THTR 100 |
| This course is an introductory study of the theatrical art form and its contemporary production practice. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of, and appreciation for, theatrical performance, and will participate in the production of an original one-act play. |
View syllabus Skill Area: critical thinking communications (written) (oral) |
| Introduction to the Theatrical Design | THTR 252 |
| This course is an introductory studio course in theatrical design that teaches students how to make clear, unified decisions using theatrical design as its medium. Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of, and appreciation for, theatrical performance, and will design costumes, scenery and lighting for a designated play text. |
View syllabus Skill Area: communications (oral) (visual) |
| Acting for the Non-Major | THTR 261 |
| This course is an introduction to contemporary acting theories and techniques. It is designed for students who are interested in study of the performing arts, but who are not majoring or minoring in the Department of Theatre. Outcome: Students will develop skills in observation, concentration and imagination, as well as script analysis critical skills. Methods of acting technique may be applied to evaluate performance in other art forms and life circumstances, enhance artistic appreciation of other art forms and techniques used, and provide skills to increase focus and reduce anxiety for student’s future real life “performance” and public presentation circumstances. |
Skill Area: communications (written) (oral) (visual) |