Overview

Whether students take courses listed under Visual Arts to meet a general education requirement or as part of a major in visual arts, the goal is that they will develop communicative, analytical, and expressive skills through the process of artistic production.

Key Facts

While the major in Visual Arts builds on the University of Chicago tradition of emphasis on critical thinking and the development, testing, and revision of ideas, we shift the emphasis to place paramount importance on critical perception in an environment that is now more than ever dominated by the visual.

All of our Visual Arts courses underscore the fact that perception involves the complex interaction of the senses and the intellect as reflected in art and in our understanding of the larger visual world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Visual Language
On Images

Visual Language: On Objects

Visual Language: On Time and Space

Art Practice
Theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-06 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Chicago, United States

Disciplines

Visual Arts View 1806 other Bachelors in Visual Arts in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Application for Admission and Supplement Essays

Application Fee or Automatic Fee Waiver

Secondary School Report and Transcript

Two Teacher Evaluations

Midyear Report

Test-Optional

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Tuition Fee

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International

67446 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 67446 USD per year during 48 months.
National

67446 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 67446 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

67446 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 67446 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Chicago

1297 - 2491 USD /month

Living costs

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Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Bachelor's scholarship opportunities for Visual Arts.

Available Scholarships

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