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Undergraduate Advising

CAS Department Advising

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Looking for in-depth information about your major in the College of Arts and Sciences?

The department in which your major is housed is your academic home on campus. From attending your professor’s office hours to joining a club, from attending a lecture to working in a lab, faculty mentors in your major are a great resource. They can help you finetune your course planning, deepen your knowledge of your chosen field, and open the door to opportunities to practice your discipline in the field, in the lab, or in the community.

Reach out to your major or minor department for the following:

  • To learn more about courses or research
  • To gain a deeper understanding of the discipline and the profession, including graduate school
  • To get information about department sponsored clubs and events
  • To get information about undergraduate research and experiential learning opportunities
  • To request a letter of recommendation
  • And more….departments vary in types of advising they provide, check out the webpage for your major or minor to learn more about opportunities in your department

Find your major or minor below and click for more information or to connect with a faculty member in the department.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z


A

African Studies - Declare or Change Minor

Anthropology (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Arabic Studies - Declare or Change Minor

Asian Studies (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor


B

Biology (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Black Studies 


C

Chemistry and Biochemistry (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Chinese (BA)

Cinema Studies (BA) - Declare or Change Major

Classical Civilization

Classics (BA) - Declare or Change Major

Climate Studies 

Comics & Cartoon Studies - Declare or Change Major

Comparative Literature (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Computer Science (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Computer & Information Technology

Creative Writing - Declare or Change Minor

Criminology


D

Data Science (BA, BS)

Digital Humanities

Disability Studies


E

Earth Sciences (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Economics (BA, BS) -  Declare or Change Major

English (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Environmental Science (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Environmental Studies (BA, BS)

Ethics 

European Studies


F

Folklore & Public Culture (BA)

Food Studies 

Forensic Anthropology 

French (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor


G

General Social Science (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Geography (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

German

German & Scandinavian - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Global Health

Global Studies - Declare or Change Major

Greek


H

History (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Human Physiology (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Humanities Program (BA)


I

Indigenous, Race, & Ethnic Studies (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Italian (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor


J

Japanese (BA)

Judaic Studies (BA)


K

Korean 


L

Latin

Latin American Studies (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Latinx Studies

Linguistics (BA) - Declare or Change Major


M

Marine Biology (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Mathematics (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major

Mathematics & Computer Science (BA, BS)

Medieval Studies (BA)

Middle East & North Africa Studies - Declare or Change Minor

Multidisciplinary Science(BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major


N

Native American Studies

Neuroscience - Declare or Change Major


P

Philosophy (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Physics (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Political Science (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Psychology (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor


Q

Queer Studies


R

Religious Studies (BA, BS)

Romance Languages (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor


S

Scandinavian

Sociology (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Spanish (BA) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Spatial Data Science (BA, BS)


T

Theatre Arts (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor


W

Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies (BA, BS) - Declare or Change Major or Minor

Writing, Public Speaking, & Critical Reasoning