Spring 2025 LAS Academic Advising Online Drop-in Availability

The LAS Academic Advising Center has select availability for online drop-in advising during the Spring 2025 semester.

Online drop-in advising will be available for both LAS General Advisors as well as LAS Major/Departmental advisors. Please note that drop-in advising sessions are restricted to 10-15 minutes and are designed for quick questions. Please read below to learn more about how to sign-up for online drop-in advising as well as dates/times of drop-in availability.

Drop-In Advising Overview

                   *waiting time may vary

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Online drop-in advising sessions allow students to meet with an LAS General Academic Advisor for quick, 10-15 minute registration-related concerns.

Plan Ahead!

  • The estimated wait time for online LAS General Drop-In Advising is 2-20 minutes.
  • After signing in online, you will be contacted via your UIC email with a link to join a virtual meeting once an advisor is available to meet with you.
  • You have the option to call in with a phone but please use a device with microphone, camera, and speakers, if you have access, to be able to review your audit or other materials.
  • If you have not joined the meeting within 5 minutes of your meeting beginning, you will be removed from the waiting room and will need to check-in again to be re-added to the waiting room.

Additional Resources

If you have questions regarding any of the following, please contact the respective office/unit:

LAS General Online Drop-In Advising is available every Tuesday (1/28 – 5/6, excluding 3/25 for Spring Break) plus the following dates:

  • Thursday, January 9 – Friday, January 10
  • Monday, January 13 – Friday, January 17
  • Tuesday, January 21 – Friday, January 24
  • Thursday, March 20 – Friday, March 21 (Late Drop Requests Only)
  • Friday, May 2 (Term Withdrawal Requests Only)

All online drop-ins will take place during the hours of 8:30am-12pm and 1pm-4:30pm

(sign-in available 8:15am – 11:30am and 12:45pm – 4:00pm)

  1. Sign in to virtual waiting room using iAdvise.
    Note: Sign-in only available 8:15am-11:30am and 12:45pm-4pm
  2. Select ‘JOIN WAITING ROOM’ in ‘Advising for LAS Drop-In [with your assigned LAS Advisor]’.
    Note: If you do not have an assigned advisor, select ‘JOIN WAITING ROOM’ in ‘LAS Drop-in Advising for Unassigned Student’ (services are sorted in alphabetical order).
  3. Select ‘LAS Drop-In Advising with Assigned Advisor: [will display your primary advisor]’ and ‘CONTINUE’.
  4. Give a description of primary purpose of advising visit. Select ‘SUBMIT’.
  5. Once you reach this screen, you are checked in for drop-in advising. Please open your UIC email and wait to be contacted by an LAS general academic advisor (refresh your email regularly). You will have five minutes to log-in once you receive the invite email.

If you have any difficulty signing-in, please view the screenshots provided in this document for help signing-in.

For additional help, please email LASAdvising@uic.edu.

 

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Online major/minor/certificate drop-in advising availability for Spring 2025 varies by department.  All drop-ins take place during the hours of 8:30am-11:30am and 1:00pm-4:00pm, unless otherwise noted, and are intended to be 10-15 minutes to address registration-related concerns. (Sign-in available from 8:15am-11:30am; 12:45pm-4:00pm)

Please note that the following majors/minors will not have online drop-ins for Spring 2025 and will be available by appointment only. 

Anthropology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science and Linguistics, Criminology, Law, and Justice, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, Global Middle East Studies, History, Law and Society, Medical Humanities, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, and Sociology.

 

Plan Ahead!

  • The estimated wait time for online LAS Major/Minor/Certificate Advising is 2-20 minutes.
  • After signing in online, you will be contacted via your UIC email with a link to join a virtual meeting once an advisor is available to meet with you.
  • You have the option to call in with a phone but please use a device with microphone, camera, and speakers, if you have access, to be able to review your audit or other materials.
  • If you have not joined the meeting within 5 minutes of your meeting beginning, you will be removed from the waiting room and will need to check-in again to be re-added to the waiting room.

Additional Resources

If you have questions regarding any of the following, please contact the respective office/unit:

  1. Sign-in to the virtual waiting room via iAdvise for the major/minor/certificate you are seeking advising. Links to each iAdvise service is included in the chart on the next section below.
    Note: Sign-in is only available 8:15am-11:30am and 12:45pm-4:00pm, unless otherwise noted. 
  2. Select “JOIN WAITING ROOM”
  3. Give a description of your primary purpose of advising. Select “SUBMIT”
  4. Once you submit, you are checked-in for drop-in advising. Please open your UIC email and wait to be contacted by an advisor (refresh your email regularly). You will have five minutes to log-in once you received the invite email.

All drop-ins take place during the hours of 8:30am-11:30am and 1:00pm-4:00pm, unless otherwise noted. (Sign-in available from 8:15am-11:30am; 12:45pm-4:00pm)

Major/Minor/CertificateSpring 2025 Drop-in
Advising Availability
AnthropologyNone available, schedule appointment
BiochemistryNone available, schedule appointment
Biological SciencesJanuary 14, 16, 21
April 1, 3, 8, 15
Black StudiesJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
ChemistryNone available, schedule appointment
Chinese MinorNone available, schedule appointment
CommunicationJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 3, 8, 10
Computer Science & LinguisticsNone available, schedule appointment
Criminology, Law, & JusticeNone available, schedule appointment
Earth & Environmental SciencesNone available, schedule appointment
EconomicsNone available, schedule appointment
EnglishJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
Gender & Women's StudiesJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
Global Asian StudiesJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
Global Middle East Studies MinorNone available, schedule appointment
HistoryNone available, schedule appointment
Integrated Health StudiesJanuary 14, 16, 21
April 1, 3, 8, 10, 15
Latin American & Latino StudiesJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
Law and Society MinorNone available, schedule appointment
Linguistics MinorNone available, schedule appointment
Logic, Argumentation, & Writing MinorJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
MathematicsDrop-in dates vary. Check iAdvise at the link to the left.
Mathematics & Computer ScienceDrop-in dates vary. Check iAdvise at the link to the left.
Medical Humanities CertificateNone available, schedule appointment
NeuroscienceJanuary 14, 16, 21
April 1, 3, 8, 15
PhilosophyNone available, schedule appointment
PhysicsNone available, schedule appointment
Political ScienceNone available, schedule appointment
Professional Writing MinorJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
PsychologyJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8
Social Justice MinorJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
SociologyNone available, schedule appointment
StatisticsDrop-in dates vary. Check iAdvise at the link to the left.
Teaching of EnglishJanuary 14, 21
April 1, 8, 11, 15
Teaching of MathDrop-in dates vary. Check iAdvise at the link to the left.
The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies, & Linguistics
(Arabic, Central and Eastern European Studies, Classical Studies, French, German, Italian, International Studies, Moving Image Arts, Polish, Religious Studies, Russian, Spanish)

January 14, 21
April 1, 3, 8, 10