Resources for Academic Success

Helping Your Student Succeed in the Classroom

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette offers over 100 undergraduate degree programs and specialized concentrations. Faculty and staff on our campus are committed to ensuring your student’s academic success. While your student’s academic journey is their own, you can support them by knowing about the various support resources on our campus that help students academically.

University Colleges & Academic Advising

The University has eight academic colleges from which to choose a major. Every student is assigned an academic advisor. It is the advisor’s responsibility to assist the student in course selection each semester. Students may obtain the name and contact information for their academic advisor through ULink. Students are required to meet with their academic advisor each semester before scheduling classes for the upcoming semester.

Student Interaction with University Faculty

The faculty is committed to your student’s success. Encourage your student to visit with their professors and instructors outside of class. Students often hesitate to interact with faculty members and don’t realize how valuable faculty are in assisting them in their courses.

University Honors Program

Ȱ Judice-Rickels Hall 206

Л (337 ) 482-6700 ƍ honors@louisiana.edu î honors.louisiana.edu

The University Honors Program provides serious and highly motivated students with a set of unique intellectual and educational opportunities designed to help them reach their potential.

Students in the Honors Program benefit from the following opportunities and resources:

• Smaller class sizes and contracts to personalize their education

• An opportunity to complete and publish an undergraduate thesis

• Work with Honors professors

• Research opportunities

• Honors Seminar

• Honors scholarship opportunities

• Honors events and expense-paid Honors trips

• Honors Living Learning Community

• In-house computer lab and services in Judice-Rickels Hall

Qualifications

First-time freshmen qualify for the Honors Program with an ACT Composite of 26 (SAT 1260) or higher. Students must apply to the program by attending the Honors Program meeting during Orientation. Students may also apply to the program at any point in their undergraduate career with a GPA of 3.2 or better.

Program Requirements

To remain in the Honors Program, students must complete the following requirements:

• Maintain a 3.0 GPA as a freshman and 3.2 GPA during sophomore, junior, and senior years

• Complete 18 credit hours of Honors courses during their undergraduate career

• Enroll in and attend an Honors Seminar each semester of enrollment in the Honors Program

• Complete a research or creative project

Academic Success Center

Ȱ Lee Hall 115

Л (337 ) 482-6818 ƍ asc@louisiana.edu î studentsuccess.louisiana.edu

The Academic Success Center is the University’s academic support center. Services include grade checks, academic counseling, tutoring, dropping classes, and major changes.

The Learning Center

Ȱ Lee Hall, 2nd floor

Л (337) 482-6583 ƍ tlc@louisiana.edu î studentsuccess. louisiana.edu/tutoring

When your student needs help with an academic subject, encourage them to visit The Learning Center. Services of The Learning Center include free one-on-one tutoring, study group tutoring, Supplemental Instruction (SI), a STEP computer lab, and other online resources. These services are available to all enrolled students. Tutors are available at The Learning Center for almost all 100- and 200-level math and science courses as well as accounting, economics, engineering, languages, psychology, and statistics.

Students can walk in, call 337-4826583, or chat with TLC on Microsoft Teams to schedule their next appointment. An updated list of subjects-tutored can be found on the TLC website.

Office of First-Year Experience

Ȱ Lee Hall 106

Л (337 ) 482-6599 ƍ ofye@louisiana.edu î firstyear.louisiana.edu

The Office of First-Year Experience offers programs and services that help new students manage the transition to college life. Programs for first-year students include educational and social events throughout the year.

Annual events include New Student Convocation which is the official academic welcome for first-year students, Freshmen Week which involves a special week of events, and a day of community service called The Big Event. Every spring, first-year students are celebrated at Freshman Finale for completing their first year of college.

Students also receive support throughout their first semester from a peer mentor who is an upperclassman that attends their UNIV 100 class and helps students to transition to college.

The Writing Center

Ȱ Dupre Library, 1st Floor

Л (337 ) 482-5224 ƍ writingcenter@louisiana.edu î louisiana.edu/wri tingcenter

Students who visit the Writing Center report higher grades and more confidence in writing. Encourage your student to bring any of their writing needs here for a free 50-minute session with a trained writing tutor. The center welcomes students during all phases of writing for a variety of services:

• Brainstorming and planning for an assignment

• Checking over a paper before submitting it

• Writer’s block and procrastination

• Drafting in a friendly, dedicated writing space

• Revising after receiving teacher’s comments

• Grammar, style, and ESL issues

• Academic essays, creative writing, resumés, statements of purpose, emails, and just about any other written project

The Writing Center is conveniently located on the first floor of Dupré Library, right around the corner from the Reference Online Center. Students can schedule a session by phone or email. Drop-ins are also welcome!

Academic Honors & Awards

Semester Honors

Students who do exceptionally well in their studies at UL Lafayette receive special recognition.

At the end of each regular semester, students will receive notification of Semester Honors for the following two areas:

• Dean’s List: Semester GPA of 3.5

• President’s List: Semester GPA of 3.8

Honors Convocation

The special event held each spring recognizes sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have maintained a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 on all college work.

Honors at Graduation

To earn a degree with Honors, students must demonstrate exceptional scholarship. Students can receive three different levels of honors at graduation:

• Summa Cum Laude:

3.9 and higher cumulative GPA

• Magna Cum Laude:

3.7–3.899 cumulative GPA

• Cum Laude:

3.5–3.699 cumulative GPA

Students who complete certain extra requirements through the University Honors Program will be eligible to receive an Honors Baccalaureate Degree.