Writing centres are teaching facilities in which trained tutors, using your course assignments in any subject and at any level, will work with you to improve your capacity to plan, write and revise academic papers. Departments Many departments produce their own manuals or guide sheets on writing. You can also ask your course instructors to clarify guidelines for writing assignments and to discuss written work that has been graded and returned to you. In addition, the Faculty offers a number of credit courses in writing. The School of Continuing Studies offers non-credit courses on academic writing for students learning English.
Courses start at various times throughout the year.
Inquire at your college about group workshops and individual instruction. Not only is there a physical world of concrete and glass, classrooms and sports fields, libraries and pubs at U of T, but there is also a virtual world of library resources, calendar information, expert learning modules, class notes, copies of old exams, exam schedules, notices on clubs and activities and lots more on the U of T web site . As a student at the University of Toronto, you have automatic access to the Information Commons, which is your passport to e-mail, the library and the Internet. Once you have this account you can use e-mail to ask a question of a professor, keep in touch with old friends at home or at other universities as well as contact new friends you'll meet in classes or at your college. You'll need to purchase the requisite software from the Information Commons for a modest charge and pay minimal line charges for access to UTORdial if you are phoning in via a modem.