Students interested in medical, dental, and veterinary schools should consult with the health professions advisor during their first year concerning course selection. In planning for other professional or graduate education, students should consult departmental advisors, the office of career counseling, or the dean's office. Academic Assistance Professors keep regular open office hours set aside for meeting with students, and are quite happy to talk with students about course work. Additional programs of academic assistance are also available through the dean's office. A student needing extra help in a particular course can request a tutor recommended to the dean s office by the department.
Tutors are available free of charge.
Students seeking to improve their writing skills in any course should take advantage of the Writing Workshop. Writing tutors help students with structure, style, and grammar, or with organizing their papers, developing a thesis, and tightening or unifying an argument. Student tutors who staff the Writing Workshop are nominated by members of the faculty. Experience proves that they are just as effective in working with advanced writers as they are in helping students to develop more skill. The MathScience Resource Center, a drop-in help center staffed by student assistants, is available to students in beginning biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics.