Program Recognition
•Bullet: Loyola calls its Bachelor of Science in Hip Hop and R&B the first program of its kind in the United States, built around modern hip-hop, R&B and EDM from the first semester
Training
•Bullet: The 120-credit BS pairs a 12-credit Technology & Production sequence (Recording Studio Techniques, Urban Music Production I and II, Production of Recorded Music) with a 9-credit music technology core that includes Digital Audio Production
•Bullet: A 25-credit Music Industry Core covers legal issues, marketing, entrepreneurship and Artist Development, and ends in either the Senior Seminar or the PCM/HHRB Performance Capstone
•Bullet: Lovell U-P Cooper, with over eighteen years producing and engineering in the music industry, teaches hip-hop and urban music production
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Hip Hop and R&B ensembles run every semester: fall focuses on learning stage performance from current and future legends, spring on each artist's and producer's original music creation and release
•Bullet: The Creative Core adds 8 credits of Contemporary Ensemble and Production & Songwriting Private Lessons
Facilities
•Bullet: Students get access to Loyola's studios and equipment from day one, including six working recording studios; Studio A has a 1,600-square-foot live room, an isolation booth and a Solid State Logic mixing console
