About Academic Resource Center
Academic Resource Center
The Academic Resource Center is a team of educators, counselors, and advanced students who provide a variety of services to help students succeed in their college classes. The Academic Resource Center is for all students who are not satisfied with their current grades and/or academic performance. They regularly see first-year students (freshman and transfer) and graduate students, students on academic probation and those on the Dean's List. Any student who wants help can get it, and almost all services are free.
Our Programs
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Academic Interventions: Peer Counseling at the ARC is for students who know they are capable of better academic performance, but need the skills, the direction, and the motivation to reach their academic goals. Individualized, academic coaching and peer mentoring are designed for students who have been referred to the ARC because they are at risk of academic difficulty at UCR or are struggling academically.
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The Academic Resource Center offers reduced-cost* seminars (currently $150/quarter) to help students prepare for exams required by many graduate and professional schools: the GRE (master's and doctoral programs), the GMAT (business school MBA programs), the LSAT (law schools), and the MCAT (medical schools). .
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Intermediate Algebra Workshops
Students who need to complete LNCR 35 based on their Math Advisory Examination (MAE) placement may elect to take an Intermediate Algebra Workshop in either the summer, fall, or winter. This workshop will help students refresh their math skills and develop a better grounding in the fundamentals needed to be successful in university level math courses. If students successfully complete the workshop they will be eligible to enroll into Math 008A or Math 004.
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Placement and Advisory Examinations are used by UCR to assess student readiness for University level work in mathematics and to determine the appropriate course placement in a Math class.
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Study skills are critical for student academic success. Many of UCR's incoming students excelled in high school on ability alone, and have not needed to develop the skills necessary for success in college. The ARC’s study skills workshops help students to 1) discover if there are any gaps in how they manage academics while in college and 2) fill those gaps with the right college study skills.
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Summer Bridge is a freshman transition program, held on the UCR campus during the Summer, that offers courses in Pre-calculus Mathematics and English composition for academic credit, specialized study groups designed especially for Summer Bridge students, and Introduction to University Life courses for a smooth transition to college life.
- Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Supplemental Instruction (SI) offers weekly study sessions to students taking “historically” difficult courses--that is, courses where students receive D’s, F’s or W’s (withdrawals). SI participants meet with their classmates outside of class to compare notes, discuss challenging concepts, and develop study strategies.
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The Tutorial Assistance Program
The Tutorial Assistance Program (T.A.P.) provides academic support to undergraduate students in the several fields of study, including Math, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Social Sciences, Humanities and Foreign Languages. T.A.P. helps students academically succeed in major and university required courses, and, ultimately, make progress towards earning a degree from the University of California. Tutoring is provided on a drop-in or appointment basis. Students wishing to use drop-in tutoring simply need to check the schedule for subject availability and walk into the Academic Resource Center. Students looking to use appointment tutoring to get help with English composition must schedule a session at least a day in advance by visiting or calling the Academic Resource Center.