Schools & Colleges

LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (BCLA) is at the heart of our liberal arts education, dedicated to preparing students to succeed and create lives of meaning and purpose. In keeping with the Ignatian heritage of LMU, all students receive a strong foundation in the humanities and social sciences. The college offers 23 majors and 30 minors that foster critical thinking and communication skills to support lifelong learning, leadership potential, and career adaptability.

For more information visit bellarmine.lmu.edu

LMU College of Business Administration (CBA) is recognized as one of the top business schools in the country and develops business leaders with moral courage and creative confidence to be a force for good in the global community. Our students gain the knowledge and skills to lead and serve in a rapidly changing global landscape, developing an agile, transdisciplinary mind-set to bring long-term value to their business organizations.

LMU was one of the first universities in the nation to teach entrepreneurship, and our commitment to entrepreneurial thinking continues to this day with an Entrepreneurship program that is ranked 11^th by U.S. News & World Report. Our dynamic approach to business is also manifested in the form of innovative programs such as the M-School, an intensive and immersive marketing education —ranked 13^th nationally —where students work with some of the greatest minds in advertising, branding, and marketing.

For more information visit cba.lmu.edu

LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts (CFA) offers a dynamic educational experience that brings together the diverse interests of students in communication studies and the performing, critical, and aesthetic arts of theatre, dance, music, studio arts, and art history. Along with the historical and emergent theories, techniques, and intentions of each of these disciplines, the notion of communication as art and art as communication is brought to life through visual and performing art, rhetoric, and media. CFA offers a liberal arts education that develops talent and creativity and promotes leadership and service. Graduates of CFA work as communication and human resources managers, public relations agents, teachers, scholars, performers, artists, museum curators, and as nonprofit professionals.

For more information visit cfa.lmu.edu

The Center for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation (CUTP) within the School of Education offers great opportunities for students preparing for careers in K-12 teaching. The center provides students matriculation-to-graduation advising and other academic and professional support. Students completing a program supported by the center will achieve both a major in their chosen discipline as well as fulfill the requirements for a California preliminary teaching credential, which qualifies students to start their teaching career upon graduation. Our credentials are recognized in California and, through reciprocity agreements, in most states across the country.

For more information visit soe.lmu.edu

At the top-ten ranked LMU School of Film and Television (SFTV), we will empower you with the skills and knowledge to bring great stories to life on any screen and prepare you to thrive in the fast-paced world of media and entertainment. You will learn your craft from experienced, engaged faculty, alongside classmates who will become your most valued collaborators, critics, and champions. You will also have access to state-of-the-art facilities and our network of industry connections. We have placed more than 70 percent of our students in coveted internships with more than 400 companies.

For more information visit sftv.lmu.edu

LMU Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering (SCSE) believes in preparing our graduates to be the best engineers and scientists around the globe—individuals who not only excel at what they do, but are also ethically minded and morally courageous people.

Through immersive learning with professional-grade equipment at one of the top 30 programs in the nation (U.S. News & World Report), you will collaborate with your faculty and peers to conduct advanced research in science, engineering, and mathematics as you work collectively to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems.

For more information visit cse.lmu.edu