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Tutorial Guidelines

Tutorial services are free when the request is made through Academic Services. All traditional tutorial sessions are held on Sundays and Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. To request a tutor for Sunday, you MUST sign up by 2 p.m. on Wednesday. To request a tutor for Wednesday, you MUST sign up by 2 p.m. on Friday. All students are notified about tutor availability by e-mail the day before their requested session. Any student who needs help but has a conflict with the scheduled tutorial times must contact the Office of Academic Services to see if a tutor is available at an alternate time.

Walk-in tutoring for chemistry and math

No request is necessary to attend walk-in Chemistry and Math tutoring. The walk-in Chemistry tutoring sessions are held every Monday and Thursday from 6-8 pm in Jepson 4000.  Math walk-in tutoring sessions are held every Monday from 4 - 6 p.m. and Thursday from 5 - 7 p.m. in Trinkle B52.

Tutee Responsibilities:

  • It is important that you show up on time for your tutoring session. Let us know if you will be late as tutors will be reassigned after 15 minutes.  To cancel an appointment call Academic Services (x1010) before 4 p.m. After 4 p.m., contact your tutor directly. Please note that two or more unexcused absences may affect your ability to receive services.
  • Be prepared! Bring paper, a pen or pencil, your notes, and textbook. Do homework and try to work the problems before meeting with the tutor. Tutors will help with areas of confusion but will not teach the material. If tutors find a tutee that is too unprepared, the tutors will refer the tutee to his/her professor.  Remember to keep questions relevant to the subject area. For example, no biology questions in the chemistry sessions.

Students who wish to request a tutor MUST sign up online or by calling (540) 654-1010. Students must request a tutor each time tutoring is needed.

Courses for which we offer tutoring:

Biology
121, 122, 210, 211, 334, 341, 385
Business

131, 132, 310

Chemistry

Please see above for walk-in times and location.

Chinese

101, 102

Economics

201, 202, 300, 301, 303, 361, 375

English
205, 295

French

101, 102, 105, 201, 202, 205, 312, 313, 326

Geography

101, 110, 201, 205

Geology
110, 111, 112

German

101, 102, 201, 202

Greek

101, 102

History
121

Italian

101, 102, 201, 202, 291, 292

Latin
101, 102, 201, 202

Linguistics

101, 375

Math
Please see above for walk-in times and location.
Philosophy
101, 151, 211, 286, 306, 320

Physics

105, 106

Political Science

101

Psychology

100, 261, 311

Spanish

101, 102, 105, 201, 202, 205, 314, 316, 317, 318, 414

Theatre
211