Spring 2024 LAS Academic Advising Online Drop-in Availability
The LAS Academic Advising Center has select availability for online drop-in advising during the Spring 2024 semester.
Online drop-in advising will be available for both LAS assigned general advisors as well as LAS departmental/major 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.
LAS Assigned General Advising Online Drop-in Availability Heading link
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General Drop-in Instructions
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:
- Pre-Professional Advising, prehealth.las.uic.edu
- Financial Aid: financialaid.uic.edu
- Billing/Student Accounts: paymybill.uillinois.edu
- U-Pass: go.uic.edu/fall_upass
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Hours for General Advising
LAS General Online Drop-In Advising is available every Tuesday (1/23-4/30) plus the following dates:
- Thursday, January 4 – Friday, January 5
- Monday, January 8 – Friday, January 12
- Tuesday, January 16 – Friday, January 19
- Thursday, March 14 – Friday, March 15 (Late Drop Requests Only)
- Friday, April 26 (Term Withdrawal Requests Only)
*Drop-In Advising unavailable Tuesday, March 19
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)
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Intructions with screenshots
- Sign in to virtual waiting room using iAdvise.
Note: Sign-in only available 8:15am-11:30am and 12:45pm-4pm - 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). - Select ‘LAS Drop-In Advising with Assigned Advisor: [will display your primary advisor]’ and ‘CONTINUE’.
- Give a description of primary purpose of advising visit. Select ‘SUBMIT’.
- 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.
- Sign in to virtual waiting room using iAdvise.
LAS Major/Minor/Certificate Advising Online Drop-in Availability Heading link
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Plan Ahead
Online major/minor/certificate drop-in advising availability for Spring 2024 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 2024 and will be available by appointment only.
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science and Linguistics, Criminology, Law, and Justice, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, History, Law and Society, 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:
- Pre-Professional Advising, prehealth.las.uic.edu
- Financial Aid: financialaid.uic.edu
- Billing/Student Accounts: paymybill.uillinois.edu
- U-Pass: idcenter.uic.edu/cta-u-pass/
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Instructions
- 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. - Select “JOIN WAITING ROOM”
- Give a description of your primary purpose of advising. Select “SUBMIT”
- 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.
- 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.
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hours
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)
hours and links
Major/Minor/Certificate Spring 2024 Drop-in
Advising AvailabilityAnthropology January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Biochemistry None available, schedule appointment Biological Sciences January 9, 11, 16
March 26, 28
April 2, 9Black Studies January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Chemistry None available, schedule appointment Chinese Minor None available, schedule appointment Communication January 9, 10,18
March 28, 29
April 2, 4, 9, 11Computer Science & Linguistics None available, schedule appointment Criminology, Law, & Justice None available, schedule appointment Earth & Environmental Sciences None available, schedule appointment Economics None available, schedule appointment English January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Gender & Women's Studies January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Global Asian Studies January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9History None available, schedule appointment Integrated Health Studies Full drop-in dates (8:30-11:30am; 1:00-4:00pm)
January 9, 11, 16
March 26, 28
April 2, 9
Special Drop-in Hours Only (2:30pm-3:30pm only)
January 23, 30
February 6, 13, 20, 27
March 5, 12
April 16, 23, 30Latin American & Latino Studies January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Law and Society Minor None available, schedule appointment Linguistics Minor None available, schedule appointment Logic, Argumentation, & Writing Minor January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Mathematics Drop-in dates vary. Check iAdvise at the link to the left. Mathematics & Computer Science Drop-in dates vary. Check iAdvise at the link to the left. Medical Humanities Certificate January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Neuroscience January 9, 11, 16
March 26, 28
April 2, 9Philosophy None available, schedule appointment Physics None available, schedule appointment Political Science None available, schedule appointment Professional Writing Minor January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Psychology January 9, 16
March 26
April 2Social Justice Minor January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Sociology None available, schedule appointment Statistics Drop-in dates vary. Check iAdvise at the link to the left. Teaching of English January 9, 11, 16, 18
April 2, 5, 9Teaching of Math Drop-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 9, 10, 18
March 28, 29
April 2, 4, 9, 11