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Major in Studio Arts

 

Loyola Fine Arts Students stand around a sculpture in Ralph Arnold Gallery

Starting in Fall 2026, we will offer a new Studio Arts Major that encompasses the different studio art disciplines into a single program.  The students can continue to take the various courses in drawing & painting, photography & video, and sculpture & ceramics offered before Fall 2026 to complete their Studio Arts Major. 

The program is housed in the Mundelein Center at the Lakeshore Campus. The facilities feature recently renovated studio spaces for beginning drawing and painting, a separate studio for intermediate and advanced drawing and painting, and a printmaking studio.

The Studio Arts Major at Loyola University Chicago focuses on visual arts as a discipline with a rich global history, encompassing diverse perspectives and approaches, from traditional practices to the latest technological innovations. The curriculum guides students in learning the technical foundations, aesthetic strategies, conceptual approaches, and socio-historical perspectives of the wide array of media that comprise the field today. In this program, students build their ability to apply visual arts for creative explorations and intellectual investigations.  

The program is housed in the Mundelein Center and the Ralph Arnold Fine Arts Annex at the Lakeshore Campus. Our facilities feature studio spaces for drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, video art, sculpture, and ceramics. 

The curriculum builds a strong foundation that enables students to pursue a broad range of career paths after graduation. It provides an experience that prepares students to apply to graduate programs and to pursue careers as professional artists, educators, or curators.  The curriculum also allows students to develop techniques for commercial applications of a medium. As a program that emphasizes developing one’s ability to create and analyze visual works, the curriculum offers skills relevant to numerous professions that rely on visual thinking and communication. 

It is possible for a Major in Studio Arts to also Major or Minor in Art History or Visual Communication. The Department policy is that a maximum of six courses can count towards a double major in Fine Arts, and a maximum of three courses can count towards both major and minor in Fine Arts. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Apply a range of materials, processes and techniques within their chosen concentration as a primary form of artistic expression
  • Engage in self-directed problem solving and critical thinking, and take creative and intellectual risks in the production of original artwork
  • Employ scholarly and visual research in developing concepts that underlie their artistic intentions, and effectively communicate them orally and in written form
  • Reflect on the creative process in relation to audience, current professional standards, and contemporary developments in art production, theory and criticism, and work independently in the development of cohesive bodies of work for professional exhibition
  • Document artwork and artistic activity, and build portfolios relevant to the communication, dissemination and public display of creative work and artistic ideas
  • Understand the place of art making in human creativity within a global historical context. Differentiate between artistic styles, and the multiplicity of populations and communities from which works of have been made (and are made), and engage in critical discussion with a depth of analysis and appreciation for aesthetic and conceptual diversity

Students before Fall 2026 were admitted into the discipline-specific Majors in Studio Arts. Please follow the links below for information regarding each program.

We’re in the process of revising the curriculum for Studio Arts (BA) that will be introduced by Fall 2027.  We will continue to offer courses from the old discipline-specific Majors that count towards a Studio Arts (BA).  Please contact the Fine Arts Division Director if you have any questions about the courses and requirements: nminami@luc.edu

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