The Visionary

To have vision is to be able not just to see, but to see anew. What drives the visionary impulse? Necessity, ego, faith? A desire for justice, the hunger for knowledge? How does the world come to recognize the visionary and share in that vision? This theme explores how the creativity and imagination of the visionary can transform the world.

2025-2026 The Visionary Course Pairings
Media Writing (CM 201) Creative Mindset: Unleashing Your Creativity and Building Innovation Skills (BA 205)
Encountering the Past: The History of your Parents' Generation (HS 100)Course fulfills core requirement. Business, Law, & Society: Law and Justice (LW 109)Course fulfills core requirement.
The Philosophy of Happiness (PL 201)Course fulfills core requirement. Business, Law, & Society: Law and Justice (LW 109)Course fulfills core requirement.
Engineering and Society: Engineering, Design, and Creative Problem Solving (EG 103)Course fulfills core requirement. Encountering the Past (HS 100)Course fulfills core requirement.
Foundations of Philosophy (PL 201)Course fulfills core requirement. Creative Mindset: Unleashing Your Creativity and Building Innovation Skills (BA 205)
Introduction to Christian Theology (TH 201)Course fulfills core requirement. Intermediate Spanish I (SN 103)
Introduction to Christian Theology (TH 201)Course fulfills core requirement. Microeconomic Principles (EC 102)Course fulfills core requirement.
Effective Writing (WR 100)Course fulfills core requirement. Introduction to Christian Theology (TH 201)Course fulfills core requirement.
Effective Writing (WR 100)Course fulfills core requirement. Ignatius and the Jesuits: History and Spirituality (TH 216)
Effective Writing: Writing for Action (WR 100)Course fulfills core requirement.Course fulfills core requirement. Foundations of Philosophy (PL 201)Course fulfills core requirement.Course fulfills core requirement.
Effective Writing (WR 100)Course fulfills core requirement. Foundations of Philosophy (PL 201)Course fulfills core requirement.

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About the Core

A liberal arts education at Loyola University Maryland requires that students take courses in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and mathematics. These core courses, required of all students regardless of major, introduce students to these areas of study. Students in the Honors Program fulfill the University core requirements through an alternative core curriculum.

Academic Worksheets from the Academic Advising and Support Center as well as the Undergraduate Course Catalogue are available if you would like more detailed information about how Messina courses fit into your core requirements.