270 Lincoln Hall
702 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) has four missions:
scholarly inquiry and the generation of knowledge, preparation of
individuals for an array of careers and professions, service to the
public, and the provision of the intellectual core of the
University. The college shares the first three missions with
professional schools and other colleges on this campus, but the last
mission is uniquely the responsibility of the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences. Fulfillment of that responsibility yields a diversified
college uniquely valuable in contributing to the development of
broadly educated individuals committed to or characterized by open
inquiry, critical thinking, effective communication, and
responsiveness to the needs of individuals and society.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the largest
individual college within a university setting in the state of
Illinois. The college offers seventy-three undergraduate and
ninety-six graduate degree-granting programs and enrolls more than 40
percent of the undergraduates on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The
college serves the entire campus by providing a full range of required
general education and service courses in basic disciplines.
Students in the college are expected to understand the
content and develop skills in areas that reflect the overall purpose
of the college: fluency and facility in English; literacy in at least
one foreign language; broad exposure to a number of different
disciplines; and intensive study in one discipline (or an
interdisciplinary program). The student has a wide choice of courses
to satisfy these requirements; however, ultimately he or she must plan
a diverse and intensive program of study, prepare for an
occupational/professional and intellectual future, and develop that
clarity and range of mind that is the goal of educated people.
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