Course Recommendations

We’ve provided a few tips below to help you START STRONG THIS SEMESTER!

1. Take the time to review your Spring 2025 schedule in light of your Fall 2024 performance: Please know your Academic Advisor and 49er Rebound College Representative are available to answer questions about your course schedule to ensure your academic success.
2. Consider Pre-requisites: If you are registered for a class and failed the prerequisite for that course, you must make a change. If you got a D, you should seriously consider whether continuing in the sequence is wise.
3. Reflect on your Course Load: Are you taking the right number of hours? Do you have a good balance between your academic commitments and those at work or home?
4. Play to Your Strengths: You must focus on improving your overall academic standing. If there are subjects in which you are likely to earn better grades, take those classes; if there are subjects that are problematic for you, consider taking them when you are back in good academic standing.
5. Think about your Social/Personal Life: Consider whether your social or personal life is contributing to or detracting from your academic performance. What changes do you need to make?
6. Speak to Financial Aid: If you receive financial aid, your academic performance may have affected your eligibility. Be sure to check with Niner Central about the rules of Satisfactory Academic Progress.
7. Use Grade Replacement: If you repeat a course using the Grade Replacement policy, you can improve your academic record. You should be reasonably confident that repeating the course with a Grade Replacement will result in a significantly better grade.

Recommended Resources

The UCAE offers a variety of services to help you succeed this semester. We are the largest academic support office at UNC Charlotte. We provide direct course support in the form of individual, group, and drop-in tutoring for over 100 courses. Peer Assisted Learning (PAL), or peer-led supplemental study group sessions, is also available for some courses.

If you want help with more holistic changes, like adjusting your time management practices, trying new study strategies, or working on your test-taking skills, we’ve got you covered there too. We offer academic skill workshops on a variety of topics. We also have one-on-one instructional and accountability support through one-time Academic Consultations, recurring Peer Coaching, or Accountability Groups.