College of ACES 2024/2025 Viewbook

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You belong with ACES FOLLOW YOUR PASSION. FIND YOUR CAREER. Are you into saving the environment? Super charged by STEM? Do you want to feed and fuel a better world?

Healthy, nutritious food on your mind and in your body?

Into the best care for animals—cows, chickens, cats, canines, and more?

Are you committed to helping families and communities thrive?

Maybe you’re into all these things but not sure how they fit together to create a career.

BIG DECISIONS CALL FOR BIG SUPPORT SYSTEMS The advantages of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) are the extensive resources, both externally from the university and internally among our specialized departments. The common trait between us all? The desire to propel our students to achieve dreams that impact the world.

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HOW ARE WE CONNECTED? By choosing an ACES major, you belong to multiple communities ready to help you succeed.

With over 3,400 current students, 260 faculty, and thousands of alums spread around the globe, your career has infinite potential.

Get to know the people who make up the College of ACES community, and we’ll help you find your academic and life path.

College of Education

College of Fine & Applied Arts

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of ACES

College of Applied Health Sciences

Gies College of Business

Grainger College of Engineering

Departments Ag & Bio Engineering

Ag & Consumer Economics

Ag Leadership, Ed & Communications

Animal Sciences

Crop Sciences

Human Dev & Family Studies

Food Science & Human Nutrition

Natural Resources & Env Sciences

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DECISIONS The very best way to learn about ACES majors involves these four steps:

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Check out our list of majors on the next few pages.

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Write down your questions.

Talk with an ACES recruiter.

To learn more, email visitaces@illinois.edu or call 217-333-3380 today.

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OPPORTUNITIES ACES UNDECLARED Begin your undergrad journey with tremendous flexibility. As an ACES undeclared student, you can explore courses in various ACES majors. This allows you to maximize your options while you narrow down your perfect major.

AGRICULTURAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (ABE) Like building things and seeing technology in action? This major is a collaboration with Grainger College of Engineering and the College of ACES. In ABE, you’ll design solutions to challenges in agricultural, food, energy, and environmental systems. And you’ll get plenty of hands-on experience along the way. Build robots, design water-cleaning systems, help with disaster relief, and so much more. A better life for future generations through engineering? Yes, please.

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS (ETMAS) ETMAS prepares you for a career managing and improving engineering technology for agriculture, food, construction, energy, and the environment. Choose one of four can’t-miss concentrations: Agricultural Production and Processing; Construction Management; Digital and Precision Agriculture; and Energy and the Environment.

Check out our program explorer AGRICULTURAL & CONSUMER ECONOMICS (ACE) Does improving the world through business, finance, economics, or policy get your mental wheels turning? In ACE, you’ll join faculty tackling big challenges related to sustainability, agriculture, international trade, and more.

Ready to apply? Select one of these concentrations at go.aces.illinois.edu/ACESfirstyear.

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Agri-Accounting

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Agribusiness Markets and Management

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Farm Management

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Finance in Agribusiness

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Consumer Economics and Finance

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Financial Planning

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Environmental Economics and Policy

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Policy, International Trade, and Development

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Public Policy and Law

AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION & COMMUNICATIONS (ALEC) Looking for a career that values leadership, education, and communications? In the ALEC program, you’ll develop essential skills to thrive in groups of all kinds, addressing everyday and grand challenges in whatever path you pursue.

Apply by selecting one of these on your application at go.aces.illinois.edu/ACESfirstyear.

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Agricultural Communications

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Agricultural Education

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Organizational and Community Leadership

ANIMAL SCIENCES (ANSC) If you’re like our students, you’ve been into animals—cats, dogs, elephants, pigs, chickens, cattle, and more—for as long as you can remember. In ANSC, you’ll turn your passion and our hands-on curriculum into a meaningful career in veterinary medicine, animal nutrition, farm management, or conservation, while helping animals live their best lives.

COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMAL SCIENCES Love animals and computers? Work with sensor technology, large data sets, and more, all to improve the health and well-being of production animals and pets. CS + ANSC graduates will thrive in today’s digitally driven marketplace.

CROP SCIENCES (CPSC) You know the world’s growing population needs to eat. Help make tomorrow’s crops more productive, nutritious, and sustainable with CPSC. You’ll help feed and fuel the future, whether you choose a career in plant breeding, biotechnology, production agriculture, or data analytics.

AGRONOMY Interested in sustainable agriculture solutions? Address urgent food security and environmental sustainability challenges by integrating the latest scientific innovations with the practice of crop production. This field manages many parts of the agricultural system to meet the global need for food, fuel, and fiber.

COMPUTER SCIENCE + CROP SCIENCES Dive into the data. Agricultural devices, from phones to combines, generate a lot of data.

Prepare for a career in digital agriculture or ag tech by gaining the skills to manage and make sense of big data in agriculture.

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY Speed up plant improvement. Feeding a growing population while using resources wisely and protecting the environment depends on innovations in plant science. Learn the skills and science to help feed and fuel the world.

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ACES won me over immediately and it wasn’t even a contest. I love it here, and my professors are great.

I definitely made the right decision choosing ACES.

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COLBY LUTH

Agronomy student

DIETETICS AND NUTRITION Are you interested in how food affects a person’s health? Do you care about helping people make great choices about food as fuel? Dietetics brings together physical and social sciences to address nutrition and health issues. And if your goal is to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), this program will set you on the right path.

FOOD SCIENCE Is food your passion? In FSHN, you’ll gain a solid foundation in the physical, microbial, and chemical makeup of food to help ensure a safe, abundant, nutritious, and high-quality food supply. Gain valuable hands-on experience in our food pilot processing plant and our studentrun food service establishments, Bevier Café and the Spice Box.

HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Are you an entrepreneur with a passion for food or hospitality? In hospitality management, explore food-focused social and biological sciences. You’ll learn critical business and management concepts that will prepare you for a career in restaurant or hotel management, event planning, catering, food service, and more. Get hands-on experience in our student-run facilities, Bevier Café and the Spice Box.

NUTRITION AND HEALTH Study the interaction between the physiological and biochemical aspects of metabolism, the nutrient composition of foods, and the role of social and economic factors as determinants of food selection. After graduation, you’ll be on track to pursue an advanced degree in medicine, dentistry, public health, and more, as well as taking on careers in research, government policy, or academia.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY STUDIES (HDFS) Are you a people person? If you’re passionate about the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, adults, and families, HDFS will set you on the right path. Delve into the science of families and relationships, as well as the importance of cultural and economic context and diversity. Improve lives, create social change, and strengthen communities across the globe.

NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (NRES) Want to be on the front lines of saving our planet?

Focused on sustainability and scientific education, NRES puts you there. Learn how to protect fish and wildlife.

Research improving how people interact with the environment. With your NRES degree, you’ll create a career where you make a profound impact every single day.

SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD & ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (SFES) Are you passionate about tackling challenges around food security and environmental sustainability? As an SFES student, you’ll analyze and investigate issues of sustainability, security, and justice within food and environmental systems, offering solutions using an interdisciplinary approach. Also, the SFES program lets you customize your academic experience, allowing you to specialize in areas such as policy and law, climate change and society, resources and influence, or food production systems.

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ACES makes me feel at home and always welcome. They care about every student and want to watch all their students succeed.

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JULIA CORZINE Agricultural Communications student

Supporting your

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Check out just few of the resources here to help you achieve your goals.

Academic advisors in your major help you: •

Choose classes

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Explore minors

Mark Layng

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Stay connected to campus

ACES Embedded Counselor

For emotional health, connect with Mark Layng, the ACES embedded counselor.

Career Services:

Jean Drasgow Director of ACES Career Services

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Guides your career exploration and the job search process.

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Provides resume reviews, mock interviews, and career workshops.

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Helps you network with industry leaders, including at the popular ACES + LAS Career Fair.

Support & Scholarships WE SAVED SOME GREAT NEWS FOR LAST. No matter your financial situation, ACES is dedicated to making college as affordable as possible. Each year, ACES awards over $3.8 million in scholarships. This includes scholarships for both first-year and returning students. [There are also scholarships available to support international experiences.]

As an incoming first-year student, you will automatically be considered for any College of ACES merit-based scholarships and honors based upon your application for admission. Our academic departments also offer additional scholarships. You can learn more when you connect or visit with us.

If you’re selected to an honors program or awarded a scholarship, you’ll receive notification after your offer of admission. In the meantime, check out our downloadable guide on four ways to make higher education more affordable.

$3.8 million+ ACES awards scholarships each year

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I am a first-generation university student and was not going to be able to attend college without the financial assistance of scholarships.

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Need to transfer credits?

DUAL CREDIT OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES Through Transferology, you can learn how your courses will transfer to Illinois.

Simply enter your courses, search for matches, and select University of Illinois.

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AP COURSES If you have taken an AP course, and want to know what your test score will equate to as class credit here at the University of Illinois, check out the link below, select the AP class taken, and talk with your advisor if you have any questions!

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