Welcome to Letters & Science (L&S) Undergraduate Academic Deans’ Services!
The College of Letters & Science Academic Deans’ Services (ADS) works with advisors, instructors, and other campus partners to support L&S undergraduates throughout their academic career. If you are an L&S student who has been encouraged by your academic advisor or instructor to speak with a dean, this means contacting a member of the ADS team, not the Dean of the College of Letters & Science.
We can work with L&S students with a number of issues, but some of the most common ones are
- Withdrawing from the term
- Dropping a course after the deadline has passed
- Credit overload requests
- Tuition waivers for UW-Independent Learning courses
- Understanding impact of probation and suspension
- Readmission following suspension
- Resolving issues affecting degree conferral
- Reviewing requests for pass/fail grading or auditing a course
- Processing degree program changes
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FIND A FORM
- Policies and Forms
- Information and tools pertaining to academic status, degree requirements, graduation, enrollment, grading, and applying for exceptions of various kinds.
EMAIL US
- Email: lsdeans@saa.ls.wisc.edu
- We reply to emails between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays)
- Please include your 10-digit UW-Madison campus ID number
CALL US
- Phone: (608) 262-0617, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Dean on Call availability for quick student questions:
- 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Monday through Friday, excluding holidays)
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
- Appointments are available in-person or by Zoom
- Email: lsdeans@saa.ls.wisc.edu
- Phone: (608) 262-0617
- Please make sure you include your 10-digit UW-Madison campus ID number
LOCATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
101 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1319
Tel.: (608) 262-0617
Fax: (608) 262-5093
Email: lsdeans@saa.ls.wisc.edu
HOURS OF OPERATION
- Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.
- Closed every Wednesday from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm for staff meetings.
- Closed on the following legal holidays:
- Thursday, November 27, 2025
- Wednesday, December 24, 2025
- Thursday, December 25, 2025
- Wednesday, December 31, 2025
- Thursday, January 1, 2026
- Monday, January 19, 2026
- Monday, May 25, 2026