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Overview

Established: 1910

Location: Academic Advising Center for student advising and 2014 Turlington Hall, Room 2014, for the administrative offices

Phone: Student advising office – 352-392-1521; Administrative offices – 352-392-0780

Academic Divisions: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has 22 departments, three academic programs, and 32 centers and institutes

Degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in 40 majors. See chart below. The college also offers combined-degree programs in botany, geography, geological sciences, history, mathematics, political science, religion, sociology and statistics.

Academic Advising: Departmental advisers help students within their major. The Academic Advising Center helps CLAS students understand college and university degree requirements and regulations. The Office of Health and Legal Professions Advising provides guidance to all UF students interested in health care and law upon completion of an undergraduate degree.

Scholarships: The college awards more than 90 scholarships and fellowships. Please consult the CLAS Web site at web.clas.ufl.edu/scholarships/dept1.html for additional information regarding the numerous scholarships offered by CLAS or Turlington Hall, Room 2014. The Honors Office in Tigert Hall, Room 140, also has scholarship information. Please refer to www.honors.ufl.edu.

Computer Requirement: For general information, visit www.circa.ufl.edu/computers and www.clas.ufl.edu/computing for CLAS requirements.

Internships: Students should consult their department regarding internship credit. Additional information is available in Turlington Hall, Room 2014, 352-392-6800. The Honors Office, Tigert Hall, Room 140, provides information on internships at the Washington Center in Washington, D.C.

Career Guidance: The Career Resource Center employs a counselor for CLAS students. Visit the center in the J. Wayne Reitz Union, Room 100, or call 352-392-1601, or visit www.crc.ufl.edu.

Student Organizations: CLASSC, the CLAS Student Council, grove.ufl.edu/~classc/;

and Phi Beta Kappa, www.clas.ufl.edu/pbk

Each fall at a convocation ceremony, the college honors outstanding juniors as Anderson Scholars. These students receive certificates of highest distinction, high distinction or distinction based on maintaining a 4.0, 3.93 or 3.85 overall UF grade point average respectively during their first two years at UF with a minimum 12-hour course load each semester.

Anderson Scholars are named in honor of James N. Anderson, the first dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1910-1930).

At the end of each fall and spring term, the dean recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of students who are enrolled full time and earn a grade point average of 3.75. For students to be eligible for the dean’s list, their course work for the semester may not include any optional S-U grades, grade changes or dropped courses.

The college offers a variety of opportunities for independent and seminar honors work to undergraduates who demonstrate appropriate qualifications.

Superior students should take initiative in planning undergraduate and graduate programs. They should consult the honors coordinator in their department about requirements for the baccalaureate degree cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude. To graduate cum laude, a student must have a 3.5 overall junior-/senior-level average. Some majors have additional requirements. To graduate magna cum laude or summa cum laude, the student must have an overall junior-/senior-level 3.5 GPA and, in addition, submit a thesis, a research project or other creative work. Upon evaluation by the department or other responsible group, the student will be recommended for magna cum laude or summa cum laude recognition. One copy of the thesis and an abstract must be delivered to the graduation coordinator in the Academic Advising Center (AAC) by the last day of classes for the term of graduation. Postbaccalaureate students are not eligible to receive honors recognition.

Students interested in attending professional school (medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine or law) after completing the bachelor’s degree are encouraged to seek advising from the Office of Health and Legal Professions Advising. Contact 100 AAC to make an appointment with a pre-health or pre-law adviser or review the handbook online at the AAC Web site: www.advising.ufl.edu.

The college’s Office for Academic Support and Institutional Services (OASIS) coordinates and directs support and enrichment services for all minority students enrolled in the college. Refer to the Student Services section or Walker Hall, Room 200, 352-392-0786, www.oasis.ufl.edu, for more information.

The Learning Services Center (LSC) provides students the opportunity to improve their study skills, prepare for tests (GRE, LSAT, MCAT), and learn more about the majors and career options available to CLAS students. The LSC is located next to the lobby on the first floor of the AAC, or visit www.advising.ufl.edu/lsc for more information.

In most departments, students can conduct research under the direction of a faculty member. Consult a departmental adviser for information about faculty research areas or search the Honors Program database for faculty research interests: www.honors.ufl.edu. In addition, students in CLAS are eligible to apply for the University Scholars Program. Teamed with faculty mentors, University Scholars identify a topic, initiate research during the summer and continue investigation throughout the following academic year. Students chosen as University Scholars receive a $2,500 stipend and $500 for research support. Visit www.scholars.ufl.edu for more information.

Students who desire certification as secondary school teachers must start by completing requirements for a liberal arts and sciences degree in the appropriate subject area. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Education have designed an alternative four-year pathway to secondary school teaching, Pathways to Teaching. CLAS undergraduates with majors in chemistry, geology (earth science), French, German, integrative biology, Latin, mathematics, physics, or Spanish are eligible for the program if they combine their CLAS major with the expanded Pathways to Teaching minor in the College of Education.

For more information on K-12 teaching options, contact Robin Rossie in the College of Education, 392-0721, Ext. 400, or www.clas.ufl.edu/pathways/indes.html.

Students in the college are encouraged to participate in study-abroad programs administered by the UF International Center. Scholarships are available. Students can meet requirements such as General Education, CLAS distribution, foreign language, certain courses in the major, summer term enrollment and UF residency.

CLAS has many programs overseas for undergraduates for a semester, a summer or an academic year that provide a wide range of academic and cultural experiences.

For more information, contact the UF International Center, Grinter Hall, Room 123, 352-392-5323, or www.ufic.ufl.edu.

Center for Written and Oral Communication

The William and Grace Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication offers courses focusing on the communications skills students need for their majors and future careers. Students interested in business, education, law and medicine can develop oral communication skills essential to success in their professions.

Juniors and seniors can also improve their writing skills in Writing in the Discipline (ENC 3254), which focuses on writing in specific disciplines (history, communication science and disorders, neurobiological sciences, physical sciences, psychology and sociology). The course addresses the form, content and style of professional articles. It shows students how to prepare grant proposals, letters of application to graduate programs and potential employers and oral presentations of research.