Student Resources

Finding a Major: The Living Earth

From cellular organisms to ecoregions, life scientists seek to understand, conserve and restore living systems. Scholars of the living environment study the ways microbes, plants, and animals, interact with each other and with their environment. They explore the impacts of environmental pressures on life. And they help to determine management strategies to improve conditions for all organisms.

College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Science

• Agricultural Engineering
• Animal Sciences
• Crop Sciences
• Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Human and Community Development
• Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

College of Applied Life Studies

• Kinesiology

College of Fine and Applied Arts

• Landscape Architecture
• Urban and Regional Planning

College of Engineering

• Civil and Environmental Engineering

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Animal Biology
• Entomology
• School of Integrative Biology 
• School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Molecular and Integrative Physiology
• Plant Biology

College of Veterinary Medicine

• Veterinary Biosciences

Other Resources

• Illinois Natural History Survey