Instructors are routinely advised of such requests. Students are normally limited to ten hours per semester, but more may be approved on request from the instructor. All tutors are upperclass students who have been recommended by appropriate department chairs. Departmental Clinics Departments in the Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering, as well as Economics, offer clinics staffed by trained upperclass students. The clinics are open from one to four evenings a week, depending on the department.
Clinics are particularly useful for introductory-level courses.
Students should consult their instructors for more information. The January Study Skills Workshop runs for three days just before the start of the spring semester. The workshop focuses intensively on helping students maximize their study skills, and is designed particularly for first-year students who want to improve upon their academic performance after their first semester. Sessions are led by professors, specialists, and SAMs and topics include time management, writing, reading, note-taking, and library use. The Reading and Study Skills Course, offered during the beginning weeks of the spring semester, is a non-credit course designed to improve reading and study skills.