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The Minerva’s Academic Curriculum (MAC) general education program at UNCG emphasizes 11 foundational competencies, fostering transferable skills for academics, career, and personal growth, while encouraging curiosity and broad knowledge acquisition. 

Some of your MAC courses may also meet major requirements. Please connect with your advisor and review DegreeWorks for more information. 

UNCG uses the DegreeWorks platform to track students’ progress toward degree completion. Students are also encouraged to use the UNCG Catalog to review their degree requirements and review their major department plan of study regularly. 

Students can explore their options by doing a ‘what-if analysis’ in Degree Works (PDF).

To find your advisor, log into UNCGenie, select Student Main Menu, and view your Student Profile – your advisor will be listed. You can also view your advisor on DegreeWorks. If you do not have an assigned advisor, please contact your academic department. 

Students can access step-by-step instructions for registering for classes at the Students First web page. Remember, students should consult with an advisor at least once or twice a year. These faculty and staff are specially trained to help keep students ‘on track’ for graduation. Preparing beforehand to make the most of these meetings is important. Students are encouraged to consult their departmental or concentration plan of study in preparation for registering for courses.

Students should consult the Office of Admissions website to determine if Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate scores meet requirements for college credits.

Typically, only courses with grades of C or higher transfer to UNCG. There is no limit on how many credits a student can transfer from an approved 4 year institution; but, only 64 credits can be transferred from an approved 2 year institution. Only the credit transfers from another institution. Grades (or GPA) do not transfer! Students can transfer courses from the NC Community College System or from other approved 2 or 4 year institution.

Students may wish to compute their GPA for a number of reasons, including how to raise their overall GPA, or how it will change after grade replacement. Use the GPA calculator on the Students First Office website.

Students are encouraged to review the Undergraduate Final Grade Appeal Policy found in the UNCG Catalog.  

If a student wishes to appeal an assigned final grade, the student should first discuss the concerns with the instructor within 90 calendar days after the final grade has been posted. If the student feels that policies were violated and not properly handled by the instructor, then the student will complete a grade appeal form housed in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. After consultation with this office, the student may further appeal to the department head, the dean of the school or college, and the provost, in that order.