The University of Michigan as we know it started with LSA. In 1841, the university held its first classes in Ann Arbor with a handful of students, featuring a curriculum rooted in literature, science, and the arts—a revolutionary approach that viewed the world through many lenses instead of just one.
Today, with more than 85 majors and over 100 minors, LSA is the largest and most academically diverse of U-M’s 19 schools and colleges—and is still at the heart of the university.
The college is built upon the idea that a powerful, pragmatic, broad education can transform hearts and minds, can solve problems in an ever-changing world, and can yield ideas and innovation across every discipline.
Explore the breadth and depth of LSA through the departments and units below:
A
Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of (DAAS)
Arab and Muslim American Studies
Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Studies Program
B
Bear River Writers' Conference
C
Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS)
Center for the Study of Black Youth in Context (CSBYC)
Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Chinese Studies, Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for (LRCCS)
Computing for the Arts and Sciences, Program in
Copernicus Center for Polish Studies
D
Donia Human Rights Center
Digital Studies Institute
E
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies (EIHS)
English Language and Literature
English Language Institute (ELI)
Environment, Program in the (PITE)
F
G
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC)
H
Health Science Scholars Program (HSSP)
I
Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology (IPAMAA)
International and Comparative Studies, Program in (PICS)
J
Japanese Studies, Center for (CJS)
Judaic Studies, Frankel Center for
K
L
Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for (LACS)
Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics
Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts
M
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Mediterranean Perspective on Global History and Culture
Michigan Community Scholars Program (MCSP)
Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics (MIRA)
Michigan in Washington Program (MIW)
Michigan Learning Communities (MLC)
Michigan Research and Discovery Scholars (MRADS)
Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for (CMENAS)
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
N
Nam Center for Korean Studies (NCKS)
National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID)
Native American Studies Program
O
P
Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Program in (PPE)
Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP)
Q
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)
R
Romance Languages and Literatures
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Center for (CREES)
S
Science, Technology, and Society Program (STS)
Slavic Languages and Literatures
South Asian Studies, Center for (CSAS)
Southeast Asian Studies, Center for (CSEAS)
T
Program in Transcultural Studies
U
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience
W
Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (WCED)
Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
Women in Science and Engineering residence program (WISE RP)
