Looking for a specific major or program? The list of academic advisors for departments/majors is here. Please check departmental pages for the most current information about making an appointment.
Exploring the College of LAS
- Talk to a peer mentor at the Lisnek Hub on the first floor of Lincoln Hall
- Check out the full list of Majors in LAS
- Learn about opportunities and events in the weekly LAS Lineup
- Contact a college-level advisor.
Exploring majors and careers
- Looking beyond LAS? Use the Career Center’s Exploring Majors page.
- For help preparing for med school or programs in nursing, dentistry, and other health occupations, consult pre-health advising (housed in the Career Center).
- For help preparing for law school, consult pre-law advising
Other advising and support units:
- Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) | Allison Frees-Williams at Career Services Specialist or general email disability@illinois.edu; Phone: (217) 333-1970
- Division of General Studies (DGS) | academic advising page or make an appointment
- LAS College-Level Advising | advising page or contact a College-level advisor
- STUDENT ASSISTANCE CENTER (Emergency Dean) | schedule an appointment at least 24 hours prior to time by calling (217) 333-0050; Drop-in hours are Monday-Friday, 10:00 am-3:00 pm via Zoom or phone (info on home page; bottom right)
Certificate programs can be a way to expand your academic preparation
In LAS:
Grow your knowledge in a different direction
- Animal behavior
- Applied mathematics, Netmath certificate of professional development in (online)
- Biology of global change
- Cell and developmental biology
- Criminology, law, and society
- Data science
- Environmental sustainability (online)
- Environmental writing
- Forensic science
- Geographic information science
- Global health
- Global social sciences research
- Infection Biology
- Integrative health
- Interfaith studies
- International development studies
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Quantitative biology
- Social science research methods
- Teaching of English as a second language (TESL)
- Translation and interpreting studies
- Yiddish studies
Elsewhere on campus:
- Media Sales Certificate, College of Media
- LENS Diversity Certificate Program, Office of Inclusion & Intercultural Relations
- Certificate in Global Security, Arms Control & Domestic and International Security
- Certificate in Bio-Humanities, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
- Undergraduate Research Certificate Program, Illinois Office of Undergraduate Research
- Leadership Certificate, Illinois Leadership Center
- International students only – Career Certificate – International Students (CC-I)
