TUTORIAL CENTER M-Th 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m., F 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Sat 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Sun - closed. Please visit the LAC to get the schedules of each individual subject.

"Research suggests that students who were tutored remained in college longer than those who were not tutored. Perhaps tutors encourage students to persist in their education by serving as mentors..." (from "Does Tutoring Help? A Look at the Literature" by Martha Maxwell in
Review of Research in Developmental Education, 7(4), 1990)

The following Tutorial Center areas provide FREE individual and group tutoring. Tutors assist students in their weekly assignments and study techniques, and are available at scheduled hours.

The Business & Science Area provides tutoring and study tables for students enrolled in accounting, anatomy, biology, chemistry, CIS, economisc, physics, physiology and statistics classes.

The English and ESL Area provides individual and small group tutoring in composition, grammar, pronunciation, listening/speaking and reading. Students should also make use of the Academic Computer Lab for assistance with grammar and pronunciation.

The Foreign Language Area provides tutoring and study tables for students enrolled in Cantonese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and Tagalog classes.

The Math Area provides tutoring and study tables for students enrolled in most math classes.

The Miscellaneous Area provides tutoring in subjects such as architecture, engineering, history, music, nursing, philosophy, political science and psychology.

"...The tutor's ability to guide and collaborate is of considerable consequence to the learning process."
(from "Peer Tutors at the Collegiate Level: Maneuvering withing the Zone of Proximal Development" by Robert Nelson in Journal of College Reading and Learning, 27:1, p44. W 95/96)