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About Peer Tutoring

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Why Consider Tutoring?

Peer tutoring has several valuable benefits for both learners and tutors. Peer learning can lead to improved attitudes and a more personalized, engaging, and collaborative learning experience, all of which can lead to higher achievement.

  • Tutoring can lead to higher academic achievement
  • Tutoring can foster a more personalized learning experience
  • Tutoring can enrich your understanding of the course material
  • Tutoring can help you focus on what is important
  • Tutoring can help you improve your study skills
  • Tutoring encourages higher-order thinking
  • Tutoring will help you become an independent learner
  • Tutoring can help you manage your time more effectively
  • Tutoring schedule is flexible and convenient
  • Tutoring sessions will be customized to your needs

Supported Courses

BIOL 1011 - Introductory Biology I
CENG 4313 - Soil Mechanics
CHEM 1005 - General Chemistry I
CSCE 1001 - Fundamentals of Computing I
CSCE 1101 - Fundamentals of Computing II
CSCE 2202 - Analysis and Design of Algorithms
CSCE 2211 - Applied Data Structures
CSCE 2301 - Digital Design I
CSCE 2303 - Computer Organization & Assembly Language Programming
CSCE 3301 - Computer Architecture
DSCI 1411 - Fundamentals of Data Science I
DSCI 1412 - Fundamentals of Data Science II
ECNG 1502 - Programming Elements for Electrical Engineering
ECNG 2105 - Circuit Analysis I
ENGR 1005 - Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Drawing
ENGR 2102 - Engineering Mechanics I (Statics)
ENGR 2105 - Engineering Mechanics
ENGR 3202 - Engineering Analysis and Computation I
ENGR 3222 - Engineering Economy
MACT 1121 - Calculus I
MACT 1122 - Calculus II
MACT 2123 - Calculus III
MACT 2131 - Discrete Mathematics
MACT 2132 - Linear Algebra
MACT 2141 - Differential Equations
MACT 3211 - Applied Probability
MACT 3224 - Probability and Statistics
PHYS 1011 - Physics 1: Classical Mechanics, Sound and Heat
PHYS 1021 - Physics 2: Electricity and Magnetism
PHYS 2221 - Waves and Optics
SCI 1020 - Scientific Thinking
ACCT 2001 - Financial Accounting
ACCT 2002 - Managerial Accounting
BADM 2001 - Introduction to Business
ECON 2011 - Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 2021 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 2061 - Mathematics for Economists I
ECON 3071 - Labor Economics
FINC 2101 - Business Finance I
MACT 2222 - Statistics for Business
MOIS 2101 - Introduction to Information Systems/Technology

PSYC 1000 - Introduction to Psychology

PSYC 2000 - Introduction to Psychological Statistics

Format

Peer tutoring sessions are one-on-one and customized to your learning needs.

Location

You will have the option to meet your tutor face-to-face on campus or online via zoom. On-campus sessions will take place in the library study rooms P001 and P002 or in G10, G11, G12, G13, G14 and G15 study carrels. As for the online sessions, you will receive an email from your tutor with the zoom link for your scheduled session.

Peer Tutors

All tutors are currently enrolled AUC undergraduate students who have excelled in their academics and are highly recommended by their professors to provide the tutoring service. Additionally, all tutors have completed their training on facilitating and scaffolding the learning process, and participate regularly in training sessions to enhance their tutoring and facilitation skills.

Fees

All peer tutoring sessions are free of charge.

What Tutors Can Do:

  • Break down and explain course concepts and problem sets with you.
  • Brainstorm and strategize studying techniques that suit you.
  • Clarify and elaborate on the information presented by the instructor in class.
  • Provide you with additional examples and practice problems to reinforce concepts.

What Tutors Cannot Do:

  • Solve assignments, write term papers or work on projects.
  • Share their own or someone else’s classwork with you.
  • Teach you material that you have not read or heard in class.
  • Critique or comment on a professor’s or teaching assistant’s grading scheme/criteria.

Becoming a Tutor?

As a tutor, you will help your peers to work toward self-responsibility and self-direction. The goal is to help the tutee learn not only the subject matter but how to learn and approach new material. As a peer tutor, you will:

  • Develop mastery in the topics you enjoy the most
  • Develop strong communication and leadership skills
  • Develop professional behavior
  • Develop strong interpersonal skills
  • Build confidence in your ability to make a difference
  • Improve knowledge of learning, studying, and test-taking techniques
  • Increase your employability
  • Boost your income

As a tutor, you:

  • Are passionate about a specific class or subject area
  • Enjoy helping others
  • Like sharing knowledge and connecting with peers
  • Are dependable, organized, respectful, friendly, patient, understanding, and compassionate
  • Are comfortable with adapting to different learning styles

Eligibility criteria for becoming a peer tutor:

  • Must be a currently enrolled student in good academic standing
  • Must have at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA
  • Must have earned an A- or better in the course(s) you wish to tutor
  • Receive a faculty recommendation for the course you wish to tutor 
  • Must participate in the peer tutoring training sessions

The peer tutor position is a work-study position for which you can apply through the AUC Career Web at the beginning of each academic semester.