Professors do all the teaching and advising—you won’t find teaching assistants here.
Lake Forest students can pursue up to two majors and a minor and still graduate in four years.
Nearly three out of four students conduct off-campus research or internships taking their learning to a new level.Majors and Minors
Students can choose among a wide variety of majors and minors in the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
We also offer degrees in areas such as Islamic World Studies, Environmental Studies, and Latin American Studies, where students combine coursework across disciplines. High achieving students with a unique passion can apply to become Independent Scholars and design their own majors, culminating in a thesis or creative project.
Our accelerated programs in law, communication, nursing, engineering, and international relations offer highly motivated students a way to finish their degree in only three years instead of the usual four, or to complete their bachelor’s while enrolled in a graduate degree at a partner university.
Departments and Areas of Study:
All students leave Lake Forest having delved into a broad range of ideas; developed real competence in writing, speaking, and quantitative skills; learned how to gather, access, and present data, and gained insight into many areas of study.
Graduate Programs
Master of Arts in Teaching
Master of Liberal Studies
Other Programs
Accelerated Programs
Ethics Center
First-Year Studies
Pre-Health
Pre-Law
Declaring a major or minor:
Students may declare up to two majors and one minor or up to one major and two minors.
In all cases, students are expected to declare a major by the end of the sophomore year and to make significant progress toward the completion of that major during the junior year.
