Welcome to the College of Letters & Science (L&S) Undergraduate Academic Deans’ Services!
MISSION: L&S Academic Deans’ Services (ADS) helps L&S students reach their academic potential, strengthens UW-Madison through campus-wide partnerships and collaborations, and ensures the enduring value of a UW-Madison degree in its interpretation and implementation of policy.
Academic Deans’ Services fulfills its mission by:
- Providing accurate and comprehensive information about L&S academic rules and processes.
- Ensuring registrations and records for L&S undergraduates accurately reflect updates to degree programs and enrollments.
- Supporting all L&S undergraduates in their pursuit of a UW-Madison degree through outreach, consultation, and connection to campus resources.
- Offering an inclusive and welcoming environment for individualized consultation and support to students and their families, staff, faculty, and campus partners.
- Making discretionary decisions when policy or curricular exceptions are requested.
- Collaborating in the development and evolution of UW-Madison and L&S Policy.
We look forward to assisting L&S students and members of their support teams in navigating their UW-Madison journey. The tabs above can be used to access important information and resources.
- Home: Ways to contact ADS, including Dean on Call hours and making an appointment
- Policies & Forms: Information and tools pertaining to academic status, degree requirements, graduation, enrollment, grading, and applying for exceptions of various kinds.
- Degrees, Majors, & Certificates: The Guide
- Dates & Deadlines: Term start and end dates, enrollment timelines, deadlines for various academic actions at UW-Madison
- GPA Calculator: Use this tool with information in your DARS to evaluate the impact of grades on term and cumulative GPA
- Commencement: Information about upcoming Commencement ceremonies and how to participate
- Session Codes and Curricular Weeks: Understanding session length and deadlines, particularly in summer term