Course Placement
- Information for new students on course placement in English, quantitative reasoning (Q) courses, and Mathematics courses
- AP Credit Guidelines from the undergraduate catalog
- Math Placement Assessment waiver request form for students who began at UConn prior to Fall 2013 who wish to be waived from the Mathematics Placement Assessment requirement
Major and Career Exploration
- Academic Center for Exploratory Students
- The Major Experience – explore majors at UConn
- Center for Career Development- Major Exploration Tools
- Center for Career Development – Career Exploration Tools
Tutoring
- Q Center (tutoring for quantitative courses)
- Writing Center
- Supplemental Instruction (targets traditionally difficult pre-requisite courses and is directly connected to a particular class and corresponding faculty member)
- Economics Tutoring
- Engineering Tutoring
- Physics Tutoring
- Research Help
Academic Achievement Center (AAC)
- The Academic Achievement Center provides holistic academic support to students in order to help them achieve the grades they want.
- The AAC offers the following:
- Drop-in appointments
- Supplemental Instruction (SI) program
- Presentations
- UConn Connects
Dean of Students (DOS)
If you have a question, a concern or a problem to solve, and you are not sure where to begin, the Dean of Students Office is a great place to start. Matters with which the Dean of Students office assists include:
- Exam rescheduling
- Mediation for ongoing relationship problems with friends, roommates, coworker, faculty member, etc.
- Sexual assault reporting and resources
- Assist with ongoing academic issue like poor grades or interpersonal issue in the course
- Voluntary separation from the University
- Short Term Emergency Loan Funds/ Veteran Loan Funds
- Residency declaration for in-state tuition
- Readmission to UConn
- Extensions for incomplete courses
Student Support Services (SSS)
- Increases access to the University of Connecticut for first-generation, low-income and/or underrepresented students.
- Services include: tutoring, counseling and advising, peer advising
Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD)
- Accommodations and services available to students with a documented disability. Apply for services on the CSD website.
- Beyond Access (open to all students by application; fee for service program)
- Helps students work on time management and organization, study skills, stress management, self-advocacy, memory and concentration, social skills, career preparation, health and wellness, and reading and writing strategies
Academic Adjustments for Q or Second Language
Academic adjustments are provided in limited cases involving a significant disability, where the graduation expectations for the quantitative skills and/or second language proficiency are a barrier to the completion of a degree.
Student-Athlete Success Program (SASP)
- Advising and guidance for student-athletes