Tutoring at 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播
Academic Skills offers a variety of tutoring programs for students at the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播. Our peer tutors and academic coaches complete comprehensive training and are certified through the National Tutoring Association. We operate as a walk-in help room and are pleased to offer in-person, drop-in assistance (no advanced appointments required). Face coverings are welcomed but not required.聽
All tutoring in Academic Skills is free of charge.
The Tutoring Schedule is posted online.
Tutoring Hours
Fall and Spring Semesters
Monday - Thursday
9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
贵谤颈诲补测听
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Academic Skills Location:
Education Center, Rm. 1111
Writers' Room Location:
Education Center, Rm. 1102
Types of Tutoring
Academic Skills offers the following types of tutoring and assistance. Check the schedule for specific availability of tutors per subject area.聽
Subject-based peer tutoring provides students with individualized, content-specific assistance in a variety of courses.
- Accounting
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Information Systems
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Engineering
- Finance
- Geology
- Geography
- Math classes up through Calculus I, MATH 230 (beyond this course, help may be limited)
- Physics
- Psychology
All subject-based tutors complete an extensive training program led by the Academic Skills staff.
The Writers' Room (ED 1102) serves as a resource for undergraduate writers by providing assistance from peer writing consultants, a comfortable writing environment, and reference materials.
For writing assignments in any class and at any stage of the writing process, peer writing consultants can provide students with guidance and feedback:
- Understanding assignments
- Audience
- Brainstorming
- Citing
- Drafting
- Editing
- Elaborating and supporting ideas
- Focusing
- Understanding grammar
- Organizing
- Researching and using source material
- Revising
- Using correct and effective sentence structure
- Thesis development
All writing consultants complete an extensive training program led by the Academic Skills staff.
Students can send an essay to聽owl@usi.edu聽for feedback from a writing consultant.
The email message should include:
- A note describing the assignment
- The help needed
- The class and professor
- The due date of the assignment
A writing consultant will respond initially within 48 hours, except on Fridays and weekends. If all of the information above is not included, it could delay review of the paper.
If you have any questions, please contact our Writing Specialist,聽Deanna Odney.
Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a voluntary program that offers free, regularly scheduled study sessions for traditionally difficult courses.聽SI sessions are led by undergraduate student SI Leaders who have previously taken the course and demonstrated academic competency in the subject area. Each SI Leader facilitates two study sessions per week. Please check your syllabus to see if SI is offered for your course.
Why SI?
Students who participate in SI:
- Learn the study skills necessary to succeed in the courses.
- Work collaboratively with peers in an open, friendly, and non-judgmental environment.
- Receive support from an extensively trained, educated SI Leader.
- Achieve higher academic success in the courses
![](/media/pq2lmmc3/online-tutoring.png?format=webp&width=400&height=205)
Online Tutoring
To request a private, remote tutoring session via Zoom:
- Zoom sessions should be scheduled through TutorTrac, which can be found as a My澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 app.
- If you have difficulty scheduling through TutorTrac, send an email to Online.Tutoring@usi.edu with the requested subject and time; if an online session can be scheduled, the student will receive a confirmation email from Academic Skills with session details.
- You can also call Academic Skills Mondays through Fridays between 9 am-3 pm at (812)-464-1743 and ask for assistance with scheduling.
- Students should schedule appointments at least 48 hours in advance.