Why CADA?

Jerome Harris and UIC Design graduate students working on the exhibition As, Not For: Dethroning our Absolutes

Museum & Exhibition Studies

UIC College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts (CADA) is a college of visual and performing artists, designers, architects, historians and museum professionals. We educate and mentor the next generation of cultural producers. We offer a range of academic programs spanning across evolving creative disciplines, organized under four schools: Architecture, Art & Art History, Design, and Theatre & Music.

Immersed in the vibrant urban fabric of Chicago, we recognize that myriad possibilities arise when smart, energetic artists, designers, and scholars engage with the city.

Whether you’re applying as a Freshman, Transfer, International or Inter-College student, we offer several undergraduate and graduate programs.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR MAJORS AND CONCENTRATIONS

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

- Architecture, BS, MArch, MS
- Architectural Studies, BA, Minor
- Design Criticism, MA

SCHOOL OF ART AND ART HISTORY

- Art (Moving Image, New Media Arts, Photography, Studio Arts), BFA, Minor
- Art Education, BFA
- Art History, BA, MA, PhD, Minor
- Interdisciplinary Education in the Arts (IDEAS), BA
- Moving Image, MFA
- New Media, MFA
- Museum & Exhibition Studies, MA, Minor
- Photography, MFA
- Studio Arts, MFA

SCHOOL OF DESIGN

- Graphic Design, BDes, MDes
- Industrial Design, BDes, MDes
- Design Studies, BA
- Computer Science + Design, BSci

SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND MUSIC

THEATRE
- Acting, BFA
- Theatre and Performance, BA, Minor
- Theatre Design, Production and Technology, BA

MUSIC
- Jazz Studies, BMus
- Music, BA, Minor
- Music Business, BA
- Performance, BMus

Information about your declared academic program of study is available at majorreport.ilcollege2career.com.

Admissions

Why CADA?