Loyola University Chicago

All students in the College of Arts and Sciences are assigned at least two advisors:

1) an academic advisor in the Office of Academic Advising and Services (OAAS) at the Lake Shore Campus (juniors and transfer students may request to receive academic advising at the Water Tower Campus dean's office, Lewis Towers 900), and

2) a faculty advisor in their major department.

Please note that “undeclared” students work only with an academic advisor until they declare a major. 

Additionally, students interested in pre-health or pre-law programs may meet with an advisor in the Office of Pre-Health and Pre-Law Advising. 

Academic advisors in the Office of Academic Advising and Services are available at either the Lake Shore Campus or the Water Tower Campus. These advisors counsel students on a variety of issues, including:

• Core and college requirements
• Transfer credit
• Placement into math, English composition, or foreign language courses
• Concerns about academic performance
• Academic probation and dismissal
• Taking a course overload (more than 18 credit hours) or dropping to part-time status (fewer than 12 credit hours)
• Taking courses on a pass/no-pass or audit basis
• Repeating courses
• Late registration
• Incomplete grades
• Dropping a class
• Progress toward graduation

Students may log into LOCUS at any time to view their academic advisor assignment (Go to: Students / Academics / View My Advisors). (All advisor assignments for first-year students are finalized by the end of the second week of the fall semester.)  If no advisor assignment is listed in LOCUS, students should contact the Office of Academic Advising and Services at 773.508.7714 for more information. 

Graduation Advising: Students with 90 or more earned credits should complete the College of Arts and Sciences Graduation Application, available in both the Lake Shore Campus Dean’s Office (Damen 205) and the Water Tower Campus Dean’s Office (Lewis Towers 900). Upon completion of the graduation application, the student’s file will be transferred from the Office of Academic Advising and Services to his/her Dean’s Office at Lake Shore Campus or at Water Tower Campus. Students will be asked to schedule an appointment to meet with the Senior Evaluator (for Lake Shore Campus students) or the Assistant Dean (for Water Tower Campus students) to review all remaining requirements. 

Faculty advisors are experts in the major field of study and should be consulted regularly about career options, research opportunities, internships, and graduate or professional school.  If you have not yet been assigned a faculty advisor, please contact your major department.

Pre-professional advisors in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Office of Pre-Health and Pre-Law Advising assist students interested in attending health professional schools or law school.