UC San Diego

Updated 10/28/18

UC San Diego student-athletes embody what it means to be student athletes.? They earn GPA's comparable to the University's highly competitive student-body and graduate at a higher rate (92%) than the rest of their peers (87%). Below is information on the academic success of our student-athletes as well as resources available to support and encourage their continued academic excellence:

NCAA Academic Eligibility Rules

Below is an outline of the basic NCAA Division II academic eligibility rules as they apply at UC San Diego.? If you have any questions about the below rules or need help in determining if your academic plan meets NCAA eligibility requirements, please contact your team's assigned eligibility advisor, either Katie McGann (kmcgann@ucsd.edu) or Mary Angell (mcangell@ucsd.edu).? Click?here?to see a breakdown of which teams Katie and Mary work with for eligibility advising.? While you are welcome to drop by the offices during the below drop-in advising hours, it is advised that you make an appointment.

2018-19 Drop-In NCAA Advising Days/Times: Thursdays from 1:30-3:30 pm and Fridays from 9:00-11:30 am. Outside of drop-in hours, you must schedule an appointment. No appointments on Mondays.

If your question relates to general academic planning (ie. does not require a verification of meeting NCAA academic eligibility requirements), you should contact your college or major advisor through the UCSD Virtual Advising Center (VAC).? The VAC is accessible through your TritonLink account under your Toolbox section.

Good Academic Standing

Students must be in "good academic standing" with the University to be eligible to compete. The University defines "good academic standing" for all students as being eligible for continued enrollment. In order to participate in extracurricular activities at the University, students must remain in "good academic standing." Academic standing is separate from Academic Status. For more information, visit: http://backontrack.ucsd.edu.

Full-Time Enrollment - 12 units

A student-athlete must be a full-time student in order to participate (practice or compete).? The only exception to this rule for?both?competition and practice?eligibility is for graduating students who don't need 12 units to finish their final quarter - they must have notification on file, with the Athletics Department, prior to the term in which they are less than full-time.? The notification includes verification from both their COLLEGE and MAJOR department that they are taking what they need to graduate. ?If you are seeking to be part-time in your final quarter, it is advised that you speak with either Mary or Katie well in advance to ensure you meet the requirements. All required paperwork is available through the Athletics Department & is separate from what you must file with the University if you are seeking to pay only part-time student fees in your final quarter.?

There is an exception, for?practice purposes only, to the full-time (12 units) requirement that occurs during the first five days of each quarter; a student can drop and add classes and still be eligible for?practice (not competition)?during those first five days, if below 12 units.

Cumulative GPA:? 2.00

A student-athlete must maintain a 2.00 cumulative GPA each quarter under California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and UCSD rules.??GPA is based on the UCSD GPA used for graduation.? Each student's GPA will be evaluated at the end of each quarter and must be a 2.00 cumulative GPA, or better, for the student to continue to be eligible for competition.? Students below 2.00 may continue to practice as long as they are enrolled full-time.??

Transfer Students: unless you are transferring from another UC institution, your GPA does not transfer over and factor into your UC-GPA. ?

Major Declaration:

Students must declare a major by the start of their 7th full-time quarter to remain eligible.? If you plan on switching majors please consult with the Compliance Office first, as it may impact your eligibility.

Annual Competition Requirement: 36 Unit Rule

At the start of each academic year (fall quarter), a student's continuing eligibility is determined by whether or not the student successfully completed at least 36-quarter units since the start of the previous year.? This includes summer school units, however, at least 27 of the 36 units need to be earned during the regular academic year.? The remaining 9 units are allowed to be earned over the summer.

If you are not on track to pass at least 36 units during the academic year, contact the eligibility advisor assigned to your team (either Mary or Katie) to discuss potential alternative methods of meeting the 36 unit requirement. ?

Quarterly Competition Requirement: 8-unit Rule?

Student-athletes must pass at least 8 units?each quarter to remain eligible to compete for the next quarter. ?Summer school?cannot?be used to meet the quarterly 8-unit requirement.

What Counts for Meeting the?8 & 36-unit requirements?

Prior to the 7th Full-Time Quarter: If you have not yet reached your 7th full-time quarter of enrollment, all units (minus repeated credits) are considered acceptable under NCAA Division II rules and will count towards your annual 36-units and quarterly 8-units requirements.

Start of 7th Full-Time Quarter: Beginning in your 7th full-time quarter, your annual 36 units and your quarterly 8-units must go directly towards?towards your degree.? A course is considered as going towards your degree if it:

• Goes towards your MAJOR requirements; or?
• Goes towards your COLLEGE GE requirements; or
• Goes towards the University DEI requirement; or
• Goes towards?necessary upper division elective or open elective credit. ?All the colleges require 60 units of upper division credit.? In addition, you need 180 units of credit to graduate from UC San Diego. ?

NOTE: To figure out if electives are necessary and will count towards your NCAA requirements, it is strongly advised that you review your degree audit and discuss your audit with your assigned NCAA eligibility advisor (either Mary or Katie). Student-athletes are provided education on how to determine necessary vs. unnecessary electives during the Rising Junior Workshop that takes place during the spring quarter of their sophomore year. ?

NOTE: Assume that classes taken strictly for a MINOR will not count; exceptions exist so always ask the Compliance Office.

Acceptable vs. Non-Acceptable Grades:

Once you've reached your 7^th full-time quarter, and you receive a "D" in a course where the minimum acceptable grade?for your degree program?is a C-, you will not receive units towards your eligibility requirements for that course.? If the course is later repeated and an acceptable grade earned, those units will be applied to your eligibility requirements at that time.? You only earn eligibility units for a course ONCE, when an acceptable grade is earned.?

Special Considerations

• During your final 3 quarters prior to graduation, there is an exception to the 8-unit rule that may potentially apply to you if you do not have enough required classes remaining to meet the requirement; see the Compliance Office for questions.

• If a student is not meeting the requirement that he/she have 36 units from the prior year at the start of Fall Quarter, his/her record can be re-evaluated at the end of the term to see if he/she earned the 36 units during the previous three quarters. Again, 27 of the 36 units must have been earned during the regular academic year.?

• Junior Year Exception: if a student entering his/her 7^th full-time term (start of junior year) did not earn 36 units towards his/her degree during the previous academic year (sophomore year), the student's overall record can be evaluated. If the student earned at least 72 degree-applicable units during the first two years of collegiate enrollment, the student will be considered to have met the 36 unit requirement. A minimum of 54 units must have been earned during regular the academic year.

• AP credit may not be used to meet the minimum unit requirements at UC San Diego.

• Correspondence, extension and credit-by-exam courses taken from a school other than UC San Diego can only be used in determining academic standing or satisfactory progress if the course is accepted by UC San Diego.

• Units for a course that may be taken several times (i.e., independent study, research) is limited by institutional regulations.

NCAA Eligibility Quick Reference Card?

Advising

Advising for student-athletes at UC San Diego is a 3-part system:

?1. Major Department?- Undergraduate students work with department academic advisors?who are specialists in the major and minor requirements. They encourage and support you with information about strategies for utilizing resources and available services, such as academic enrichment; career, graduate, and professional school-planning; international education; and student research opportunities.

Department advisors work in close partnership with college academic advisors in guiding you to successful degree completion. ?

?2. College?- Undergraduate students work with college academic advisors?who are specialists in the general education requirements of their respective colleges. ?Often your first point of contact, you'll meet with your college academic advisor to develop and discuss your overall academic objectives and all related requirements. College academic advisors serve as your primary resource from which appropriate referrals are made and followed, and are integral partners in your final degree certification.

Within each college, a specific academic advisor is designated as the Athletics Department Liaison. These individuals (listed below) are aware that student-athletes are required to meet NCAA Division II eligibility rules and work closely with the Athletics Department staff to advise student-athletes. ?While it is not required you speak with the specific Athletics Advising Liaison, it is helpful for advising purposes if your question potentially involves NCAA issues (ie. conflicts with practice/competition, NCAA eligibility questions). ?

To see your college advisor, it is best to contact them through the Virtual Advising Center (VAC) with your question, or schedule an appointment. ?

• Eleanor Roosevelt: Gloria Aquino
• Marshall: Emily Gonzales
• Muir: Cathy Baez
• Revelle: Jane Wehrle
• Sixth: Jordie Duncan
• Warren: Elaine Blankenship

3. NCAA Eligibility Advising?- the Athletics Department provides advising to student-athletes specifically as it pertains to maintaining NCAA academic eligibility. ?For a list of academic eligibility rules as they apply to UC San Diego student-athletes, click?here.? If you have questions about your NCAA eligibility, please contact the NCAA advisor assigned to your team as outlined below.? While you are welcome to drop by the Athletics Department offices, it is advised that you make an appointment. ?Please make sure to have reviewed your degree audit and put together a rough draft of a class schedule before making an appointment to discuss NCAA eligibility.

Katie McGann (kmcgann@ucsd.edu): Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Softball, Women's Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Volleyball, & Men's Water Polo?

Tutoring & Academic Support Resources

Tutoring is available for student-athletes in the following subject areas/courses:

• Math 10 A-C
• Math 20 A-E
• Chemistry 6 A-C
• Chemistry 40 A

The tutors will be available for the entire sessions listed below.? If you are unable to attend the offered dates and times below, please email Katie McGann, Associate Athletics Director (kmcgann@ucsd.edu). Efforts will be made to try and find the student-athlete the help they need.

Winter 2020 Tutoring 
Monday 5pm – 8pm: Tutor is Sophia (Chem 6ABC, 40ABC, PHYS 1ABC, 2ABC, MATH 2, 3C, 4C, 10ABC, 20ABC, 11, BIBC 102)
Tuesday 5pm – 8pm: Tutor is Evan (Math 2,3C,4C, 10ABC, 11, 20ABC)
Wednesday 5pm – 8pm: Tutor is Sophia (Chem 6ABC, 40ABC, PHYS 1ABC, 2ABC, MATH 2, 3C, 4C, 10ABC, 20ABC, 11, BIBC 102)
Thursday 5pm – 8pm: Tutor is Evan (Math 2,3C,4C, 10ABC, 11, 20ABC)
*All sessions will take place in the ICA Conference Room (4th Floor of RIMAC in the Intercollegiate Athletics Suite) 

Description of Offerings:
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Math/Physics & Chemistry Tutoring: This is dedicated time for homework and drop-in questions in these specific subjects. A tutor with expertise in the specific subject area will be available during the entire session. Depending on the number of student-athletes who attend, one-on-one help may or may not be feasible in this setting.

If you need tutoring?and are unable to attend the offered dates and times, check out the additional?tutoring resources available on campus. If none of these work, contact Mary Angell(mcangell@ucsd.edu) and we?will do our best to?see if there are other options. We cannot always provide a solution, but we will do our best to help?you?find the resources?for you to achieve your academic goals.?

Follow the Triton Tutoring FB Page for up-to-date changes to the schedule.

Additional Academic Support Resources:

For a comprehensive list of UCSD's tutoring and study programs click here. Below are some of the more often asked about on-campus, free tutoring resources:

Teaching & Learning Commons Chemistry & Math Tutoring?- Drop-in math & chemistry tutoring 5 days a week as well as Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions in Math, as well as some courses in Physics, Economics, MAE, and Biology - check the link for current offerings!

Calculus Tutoring Lab: free, drop-in help for Math 10ABC & 20ABC offered through the Math Department

MATLAB Tutoring: free, drop-in tutoring for Math 18, 20D (MATLAB Lab Assignments) offered through Math Department

Chemistry 6 Helproom ? free, drop-in help for the Chem 6 series offered through the Chemistry Department

Physics Tutorial Center ? free, drop-in help offered by the Physics Department

Writing + Critical Expressions Hub: supports all writers on campus at any stage in the writing process.?One-on-one appointments are available 6 days a week and?drop-in?assistance is available Monday-Thursday during specific hours. Check the schedule for complete?days/times.?

OASIS?(Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services) also offers tutorial services in various subject areas, particularly in the math and sciences. OASIS offers both workshops and Study Tables options.

Workshops are structured group learning study-sessions, which are led by a tutor that explains course concepts and encourage a collaborative learning environment. Each workshop session is 2 hours and meets once or twice a week.?Attendance is mandatory. Most workshops are course specific and pace a particular professor or lecture.?Students must apply during 10th week of the current quarter for workshops the following quarter.

Study Tables is tutoring that is available on a drop-in basis. Tutors are available to help explain concepts and answer questions at the available times and days posted. They will not do your homework. You do not need to sign up for Study Tables and may come in any time. However, you will need to sign in and out with a tutor.

Federal Graduation Rate

At UC San Diego, our student body graduates from the institution at a rate of 87%. Student-athletes graduate at an even higher rate, 92%! UC San Diego's four-class average graduation rate for the student body is 86% and 91% for student-athletes.??

These figures come from the University's most recent Federal?Graduation Rates?report (2009-10 Cohort). ? The Federal Graduation Rate measures the percentage of students and students-athletes who graduate from an institution within the 6-year federal guideline. ?Only first-time freshmen student-athletes who were on athletic scholarship during their first year of enrollment at the institution are included in the Federal Graduation Rate report. ?

NCAA Academic Success Rate

Another measure of student-athlete graduation success is the NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate. ?This annual report is a more comprehensive measure of student-athlete graduation rates at UCSD.? It measures the percentage of student-athletes, including transfers, who graduate from our institution within 6-years of their initial full-time collegiate enrollment, regardless of athletics aid.? If a student-athlete was on an NCAA athletics team during his/her first year of enrollment at UCSD, they are included in this report. ?UC San Diego's 2016 Academic Success Rate is 94% - meaning 94% of our student-athletes, freshman and transfers, in the 2009 cohort, graduated within 6 years. ?You can see the most recently released report?here.

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Updated 10/28/18