The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the oldest, largest and most academically diverse of Loyola University Chicago’s schools, colleges, and institutes. More than 150 years since its founding, the College’s academic departments and interdisciplinary programs and centers span an array of intellectual pursuits, ranging from the natural and computational sciences to the humanities, the social sciences, and the fine and performing arts. 

Our students and faculty are engaged internationally at our campus in Rome, Italy, as well as at dozens of University-sponsored study abroad and research sites around the world. Home to the departments that anchor the University’s Core Curriculum, the College seeks to prepare all of Loyola’s students to think critically, to engage the world of the 21st century at ever deepening levels, and to become caring and compassionate individuals. Our faculty, staff, and students view service to others not just as one option among many, but as a constitutive dimension of their very being. In the truest sense of the Jesuit ideal, our graduates strive to be “individuals for others.” 

For further information about the College of Arts and Sciences, please visit our website.

Undergraduate Programs

College and Arts and Sciences Policies

Double-Dipping: the College of Arts and Sciences endorses the following norms.

1. Students may not major and minor in the same discipline.
2. Majors: No fewer than 21 credit hours in the individual student’s transcript must be unique to each major; that is, the courses in question are considered as actually fulfilling requirements of one major, not of more than one major.
3. Minors: no fewer than 6 credit hours in the individual student’s transcript must be unique to each minor; that is, the courses in question are considered as actually fulfilling requirements of one minor, not of more than one minor or major.
4. Departments and Programs may enforce stricter double-dipping policies than those stated above. Any such policies are listed on the department or program website. 

Adopted: 04/17/24 (CAS Academic Council); discussed 03/25/24 (CAS Leadership Council)

Academic Integrity Statement

College of Arts & Sciences Statement on Academic Integrity

The College of Arts & Sciences adheres to the University's Standards & Regulations regarding Academic Integrity.

Undergraduate Policies and Procedures

Please see Undergraduate Policies and Procedures for academic policies that supersede those of academic units within the University.

African Studies and the African Diaspora (AFR)

American Sign Language (ASL)

Anthropology (ANTH)

Arabic (ARAB)

Arts (ARTS)

Asian Studies (ASIA)

Bioethics (BIET)

Bioinformatics (BIOI)

Biology (BIOL)

Catholic Studies (CATH)