Loyola University Chicago

Fine Arts

Department of Fine and Performing Arts

Suggested Course Sequence

A total of 45 credit hours are required for the major in Sculpture & Ceramics.

Year 1
Fall 
FNAR 110 Foundations of Visual Art     
FNAR 113 Drawing I
Spring
FNAR 124: Sculpture Foundations
FNAR 120 Ceramics: Handbuilding
-or-
FNAR 121 Ceramics: Wheelthrowing
Year 2
Fall 
FNAR 222 Sculpture/Ceramics: Form & Function
FNAR 200 Art History: Prehistoric to Renaissance
-or-
FNAR 201 Art History: Renaissance to Modern
Spring
FNAR 202 Modern Art
FNAR 132 Visual Communication
-or-
FNAR 190 Color Theory
Year 3
Fall 
FNAR 224 Sculpture/Ceramics: Multiples
Studio Elective*
Spring
FNAR 115 Foundations of Photography
FNAR 114 Painting I
-or-
FNAR 118 Printmaking I
Year 4
Fall 
FNAR 322 Sculpture/Ceramics: Advanced Studio
FNAR 390 Seminar in Art & Ideas
Spring
FNAR 398 Fine Arts Capstone

*We recommend students take their studio art elective during junior or senior year.

All courses are 3 credit hours.