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LSA 101: Info for Admitted Students

Learn what it means to be a Wolverine and dig in to what the liberal arts are all about. View our presentations and information from wherever you are.

Outcomes and Possibilities

LSA delivers a purposeful, pragmatic liberal arts education that employers respect and seek out.

College Connections

College Connections provides a space for alumni and families to share their student experiences with recent LSA graduates and provide feedback on the current and future state of the College.

College Connections

Staff Achievement Awards Program

This is an annual opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate exceptional staff contributions to the success of the College . Information regarding eligibility, nomination, selection, notification, and winners can be found here.

Business

There are many paths to doing business at Michigan — and LSA is a great option. The flexibility of LSA’s curriculum allows you to explore while learning skills and knowledge that will help you thrive in business careers, such as critical thinking, quantitative and qualitative analysis, problem-solving, creativity, and developing a global perspective.

Pursuing Business at Michigan

Incoming first-year applicants interested in liberal arts and business must apply to either LSA or the Ross School of Business. Here are some factors to consider when making your decision.

LSA

You want to choose your own path, or you’re still exploring your options

Broad, flexible curriculum that encourages exploration
Choose from more than 85 majors, 100 minors, and over 3,000 courses
Option to take Ross courses, minor in business, or earn a master’s degree later

Learn more about the LSA curriculum

Michigan Ross

You want a focused curriculum at a top B-school

Business-specific curriculum
Structured opportunities to start, advise, lead, and invest in real-world businesses
Pursue interests through electives and U-M distribution requirements

Learn more about the Michigan Ross curriculum

Pursuing Business as an LSA Student

There are many ways to pair a liberal arts education with business courses at Michigan. What sounds right for you?

Career Outcomes

Employers look for candidates with a broad base of skills and knowledge, which is exactly what you’ll get at LSA. Discover how a variety of LSA majors have led alumni to careers in business, including finance, consulting, marketing, sales, HR, and more, using our interactive career wheel.

Check out the interactive tool

Alumni Profiles

Sharon Ma

Discover how Sharon Ma (A.B. ’23) leveraged career coaching and services from the LSA Opportunity Hub to land an internship in college before launching her career. Ma emphasizes the value of meeting with a Career Coach for résumé, cover letter, and mock interview help.

See her story

Adam Molnar

Adam Molnar (A.B. ’15) and Ramses Alcaide (Ph.D. ’17) are the co-founders of Neurable, which has now raised more than $20 million for wearable devices that record brain activity and allow average people to control technology and the world around them.

See his story

Rachel Schutt

LSA alum Rachel Schutt (A.B. ’97) is working at BlackRock in a field that didn’t even exist when she was at U-M (data science). Now an expert, Schutt encourages students to be open to multiple paths and possibilities.

Watch her video

Get Involved

LSA offers experiences, clubs, and organizations that let you do business while you’re still in school.

Internships

Students can find and apply for internships in a variety of different industries through LSA Engage, the college’s career services platform. LSA students have secured internships at IBM, Morgan Stanley, Northwestern Mutual, Hearst Media, and Eli Lilly to name a few.

optiMize

How would you change the world? Develop an idea for social impact through programs, courses, mentorship, and funding from optiMize. The Social Innovation Challenge offers student innovators the chance to pitch for up to $10,000.

Barger Leadership Institute (BLI)

Liberal arts students think across disciplines, but additional skills like building teams, managing ambiguity, and engaging stakeholders are also critical as your career takes off. BLI offers opportunities to build those skills while you’re a student.

Student organizations

U-M hosts more than 200 business-specific student organizations that focus on consulting, investing, finance, marketing, networking, identity, and more. Many of these organizations are open to all U-M students.

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