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GRADUATE STUDY OVERVIEW The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) stands at the UIC NOTABLES forefront of the urban experience and offers a wide range of academic programs and student supports that lead to • UIC this fall enrolled a record number of students for the fifth personal enrichment, scholarly achievement, and solid year in a row, as its campus footprint expanded to include career opportunities for students. For the second year in a the opening of two major buildings as well as the merger row, UIC is included on the top ten list of colleges and with the UIC John Marshall Law School as its 16th college. universities that offer the “Best Value” according to LAS has also seen its largest first-year class in thirty years. Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings. UIC ranks 8th this year, ahead of UCLA and Princeton! • U.S. News & World Report ranks UIC among the top 20 ethnically diverse national universities in their 2020 “Best The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) is UIC’s Colleges” rankings, as well as No. 61 among U.S. public largest college and offers a research-rich undergraduate colleges and universities and No. 132 among all U.S. and graduate education that prepares students to universities. become engaged citizens in a world of multiple cultures, languages, and possibilities. • Money Magazine names UIC #10 in its 2019 ranking of “Most Transformative Colleges.” We strive to deliver an unparalleled learning experience by: - S TIMULATING curiosity and collaboration across the • UIC was recently ranked in the “Top 10 Low-Profile, High-Value Colleges” by Forbes Magazine. natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, as well as interdisciplinary areas; • UIC is one of only four Carnegie designated Research I - I NSPIRING our more than 10,000 diverse students to Institutions in Illinois. There are currently only 115 Carnegie follow their passions and remain part of an extended R1 universities in the United States, and UIC is one of the network of alumni; very few R1 minority-serving institutions in the nation. - R ESEARCHING the most challenging questions of our time and extending the frontier of knowledge; and, • The university has received the designation of Hispanic- -  E NGAGING the intellectual life of the College with the Serving Institution, or HSI, by the U.S. Department of concerns of the people and institutions of our city, state, Education, and is also an Asian American and Native country, and global communities. American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPSI). las.uic.edu [email protected] V4.1292020

LAS GRADUATE STUDIES BY THE NUMBERS 22 28 20 1,147 Departments Master’s PhD Graduate Programs Programs Students COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES: GRADUATE PROGRAMS Anthropology (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4) Linguistics (Concentration: 3) MA MA [new students are not being admitted currently] MA in Anthropology / Master of Public Health MA in Environmental and Urban Geography Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science PhD (also in collaboration with the Field Museum) MS: Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Computer Science, Biological Sciences (Concentration: 5) or Mathematics Education Specializations MS MS in Statistics PhD MST in the Teaching of Mathematics PhD: Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Chemistry (Concentration: 5) Mathematical Computer Science, MS or Mathematics Education Specializations PhD Doctorate of Arts in Mathematics Communication (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4, 7) Philosophy (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4, 5) MA MA PhD PhD Criminology, Law, and Justice (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8) Physics MA MS PhD PhD Earth and Environmental Sciences Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies MS (Concentrations: : 2, 3, 8) PhD MA in Polish, Russian, and Central and Economics (Concentration: 3, 4) Eastern European Studies MA in Applied Economics MA in Economics PhD in Polish, Russian, and Central and MBA / MA in Economics Eastern European Studies PhD Political Science (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8) English (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4, 6) MA MA: English Studies, Creative Writing, PhD or English Education Specializations PhD: English Studies Psychology (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8) or Creative Writing Specializations MA PhD French and Francophone Studies (Concentrations: 1, 3, 6) Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical, Cognitive, MA Community and Prevention Research, and Social and Personality Germanic Studies (Concentrations: 1, 2, 3, 6) MA Sociology (Concentrations: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9) PhD MA Hispanic Studies (Concentrations: 3, 4, 6, 8) PhD MA: Hispanic Literacy and Cultural Studies Cross-Departmental Program or Hispanic Linguistics Specializations Learning Sciences (PhD) MAT in the Teaching of Spanish Available Interdepartmental Concentrations: PhD: Hispanic Literacy and Cultural Studies 1. Black Studies 2. Central and Eastern European Studies or Hispanic Linguistics (Neuroscience) Specializations 3. Gender and Women’s Studies History (Concentrations: 1, 2, 3, 4) 4. Latin American and Latino Studies 5. Neuroscience MA 6. Second Language Teaching MAT in the Teaching of History 7. Survey Research Methodology PhD: Work, Race, Gender in the Urban World 8. Violence Studies 9. Women’s Health or Encounters, Enthographies, Empires Specializations Latin American and Latino Studies (Concentration: 1) MA

Pursuing a liberal arts and sciences graduate degree at UIC RESEARCH NOTABLES offers students the opportunity to continually practice the very skills that create our society’s most effective and successful LAS recently announced the investiture of leaders. LAS graduate students participate in research-rich Professor of Physics and Chemistry Russell advanced study while learning to communicate effectively, Hemley as its third LAS Distinguished Chair navigate and solve complex problems, build valuable relationships in the Natural Sciences. Hemley’s research with faculty, and thrive in diverse participatory environments. explores the nature of materials in extreme environments, specifically high pressures and FACULTY RESEARCH temperatures. He is most recently credited for achieving near-room temperature 350+ superconductivity, thereby opening dramatic new theoretical and experimental horizons. TENURE TRACK TENS OF MILLIONS This research will further lead to discoveries FACULTY GRANTED TO in the areas of synthesis and quantum materials. Professor Hemley is one of four FACULTY RESEARCH endowed chairs in the natural sciences funded through Prezista® patent royalties LAS supports and promotes research across a wide array of disciplines and aimed at creating a prestigious academic and is keenly focused on the challenges of the 21st century. Our dedicated cohort focused on discovery-based research academic community is creating solutions to local and global urban issues; and scientific innovation that will bolster reframing modern health concerns; pioneering new paths in education; UIC’s position as a premier institution for reducing community disparities; championing social justice; unraveling the students aspiring to a career in science. human brain; harnessing the power of big data; and amplifying the creative Dr. Yury Polikanov, Assistant Professor in voices telling the stories of who we are and what we will become. the Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty research at LAS has been funded by the National Science has been awarded $1.25 million in NIH-R01 Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of and $700,000 in NSF-MCB grant funds Education, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for his research into the ribosome, a complex among many others. Royalties from one drug (Prezista®) have generated molecular machine that is responsible over $35 million for LAS. A portion of these funds is being used to create for synthesizing proteins. His group is four LAS Endowed Chairs in the Natural Sciences. clarifying protein synthesis in bacteria, Being a Research I institution means that students are mentored by the modes of action of ribosome-targeting skilled faculty who bring pioneering and cutting-edge research into the antibiotics, and the mechanisms of drug classroom. Our more than 350 tenure-track faculty include Fulbright resistance at a structural level. His research Scholars, a MacArthur Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities can be leveraged to fight disease and and National Endowment for the Arts awardees, and 11 active National potentially lead to a new generation of Science Foundation CAREER awardees. In the humanities, Distinguished antibiotics, an effort particularly important English Professor Luis Urrea’s most recent book was met with national today during the rise of antibiotic resistant acclaim, earning him the title of “one of our most important American bacterial strains. public intellectuals.” In April 2019, Urrea was also the winner of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY UIC received its fourth consecutive Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education that recognizes U.S. colleges and universities with an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. PROGRAM STUDENT TESTIMONIAL SPOTLIGHTS “The biggest reason why I chose UIC PHD IN LEARNING SCIENCES LAS to pursue my PhD is because of This program is unique in that it addresses today’s pressing my advisor. My research focus is very challenges in education through a truly interdisciplinary approach. narrow--surface science and ultra- Students craft a tailored study plan that combines learning vacuum nano technology--so I was happy sciences coursework with a specialization in literacy, mathematics, to find someone who can guide me in my natural sciences, computer sciences or social sciences. Students area of interest. My experience in the Chemistry depart- work alongside leading researchers in the field to develop the ment has been great so far. I’ve enjoyed every professor I tools, theories and technologies to help students of all ages have worked with and learned from. They definitely helped and all backgrounds find success. me with my PhD studies, and more broadly, in my field of research. My advisor has been absolutely wonderful. It is PHD IN NEUROSCIENCE thanks to Dr. Jiang’s support and mentorship that I’ve been This program offers interdisciplinary training to students in able to achieve what I have so far. He always introduces me neuroscience laboratories, across the UIC Colleges of Medicine, to new opportunities. Because a PhD is only the beginning LAS Applied Health Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Dentistry, of my career, I appreciate the well-rounded support that and Nursing. Over 75 faculty members participate in the PhD LAS has offered.” program and represent research in three broad areas: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience, and - Jeremy Schultz is a doctoral student in Chemistry and Behavioral and Therapeutic Neuroscience. the recipient of the American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award for the Nanometer-Scale Science and MS IN STATISTICS Technology Division The theory, methodology, and practice of analyzing data is a fundamental tool in all sciences, and has emerged as a central tool FUNDING YOUR GRADUATE EDUCATION for prediction in a host of applications that have evolved around Many programs offer graduate funding in the form of mobile computing, finance, marketing, and the world wide web. teaching assistantships, research assistantships, or The Master’s program is both a professional degree preparing graduate assistantships. The University also offers students for work in these emerging fields, and for those who wish, fellowships and scholarships for qualified students. a preparation for doctoral study in any field in which statistics or For more information, see www.grad.uic.edu. data science is used heavily. NEXT STEPS: www.admissions.uic.edu FACULTY VOICE The general graduate application submission deadlines The MA in Applied Economics program at for each term are as follows: UIC is tailor made for students who desire an APPLICATION DEADLINES MA degree as a stepping stone to a Ph.D. or those looking to expand their career Applicant Spring Summer Fall advancement opportunities and portfolio Type of professional skills. Our accelerated Domestic November 1 March 15 May 15 10-month program provides an analytically Degree- rigorous education that emphasizes training in economic theory Seeking July 15 December 15 February 15 and statistical analysis. The MA in Applied Economics is International accessible to students who have not had extensive prior Degree- exposure to economics during their undergraduate studies.”  Seeking Patrick Baude, Non-Degree November 15 April 15 August 1 Faculty member in Economics