Tutoring & Academic Success

Tutoring Resources

Tutoring @ University Learning Centers

The University Learning Centers (ULC) operates at many sites around the University Park campus. Several tutoring centers are located on the second floor of Boucke Building, with additional tutoring offered in the evenings in the East Halls Complex, in Pollock Library, and in Sparks Building. Please visit the ULC Web site for more information about math tutors, writing tutors, small-group discussion leaders, foreign language tutors, learning skills consultants, and computer and technology consultants. The ULC offers the following types of assistance:

• The Technology Center
  7 Sparks Building, is a drop-in facility designed to assist with technology-based assignments and projects. Phone: 865-1841.
• The Language Center
  7 Sparks Building, offers drop-in peer tutoring in the evenings in French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and German are by appointment only. Phone: 865-1841.
• The Math Center
  220 Boucke Building and 206 Johnston Commons, provides drop-in tutoring for MATH 002 through MATH 200. Copies of old exams and review sheets for future exams are also available. Phone: (814) 865-1841.
• The Supplemental Instrucion Program (SI)
  helps students review course content and develop better study habits for ACCTG 211, BMB 211, CHEM 12 and 13, ECON 2 and 4, Math 110 and 200, PHYS 211, and STAT 200. For specific information about times and places, stop by 7 Sparks Building or call (814) 865-1841.
• The Tutoring Center
  206 Johnston Commons, offers individual tutors in a variety of first-and second-year general education courses. Phone: 865-1841.
• The Center for Excellence in Writing (CEW) Undergraduate Writing Center
  210 Boucke Building and 206 Johnston Commons, offers a free drop-in service for help with a variety of writing tasks. Phone: (814) 865-1841.
• The Learning Skills Center
  206 Johnston Commons, 220 Boucke, offers one-on-one consulting for taking better notes, preparing for exams, time management, and preparing research papers. Hours: By appointment only.
• The Teamwork Center
  220 Boucke Building, provides five teamwork areas for students to work together on collaborative assignments. Call (814) 865-1841 to reserve a teamwork area.

Tutoring @ Academic Excellence Center

Help in Math, Science, and Engineering courses is offered by the Academic Excellence Center (AEC) located in 323 Sackett Building. The AEC hours are Sunday through Thursday from 5 pm to 11 pm. Call 863-1990 for more information or list of courses tutored.

Tutoring @ Penn State Math Club

The Penn State Math Club offers free tutoring (Mondays, 7-8pm) to students after weekly meetings (Mondays, 6-7pm) in the McAllister Building for Math 200 - 311, dependent on tutor availability. If you need help with a class at a higher level, we may be able to help you. Please note: the doors to McAllister lock at 7pm, so you should plan to be a few minutes early to tutoring to get into the building. For free tutoring in Math 200 and below, you may want to visit the ULC Math Center (listed above).

Study Skills & Academic Success Resources

@ Penn State

• eLion
  eLion is a Web-based interactive service for Penn State students, faculty, and advisers. Through eLion, students can access their academic records and participate in interactive advising sessions.
• General Education Booklet
  This on-line version of the General Education booklet offers the latest content, easy navigation, a convenient search engine, archive and a comprehensive alpha index.
• Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity (OVPEE)
  Created in July 1990, the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity was originally charged to foster diversity at Penn State. In 2001 the mission expanded to support educational access for targeted groups of low-income, potential first-generation college students both here at Penn State and at sites throughout the state. Download a directory for the College Multicultural Directors/Representatives .
• Office of International Programs (IP)
  Information about Education Abroad programs, International Students Services and visiting Fulbright Scholars program.
• Orientation 100: An Introduction to Penn State
  A service of the Office of Undergraduate Information and Communications.
• Penn State Blue Book
  Penn State's official version of the Undergraduate Degree Programs Bulletin. Here you'll find up-to-date descriptions of academic programs, course offerings, requirements, and more.
• Penn State's General Education Program Tutorial
  This site provides you with in-depth information designed to help you better understand Penn State's General Education Program.
• Policies and Rules for Undergraduate Students
  This policies and rules site is published for the guidance of Penn State undergraduates and faculty by the University Faculty Senate.
• Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
  Reference guide prepared by Undergraduate Education.
• Schedule of Courses
  The Schedule of Courses page on the University Registrar's Web site will provide you with information about the availability of courses. Course information at this site, organized by semester, includes course schedule numbers, credits, meeting times, and locations, as well as the number of seats available.
• Undergraduate Information Network
  The Undergraduate Information Network provides you with a single but complete point of reference on the Penn State Web for your typical academic information needs.
• University Learning Centers
  Whether you want to learn new skills and enhance your academic knowledge or develop the abilities that you already have, the University Learning Centers services can help you improve your academic performance. Visit the ULC's Foundations for Academic Success site.
• Univeristy Libraries - Library Information Access System (LIAS) - Penn State Directory of Library Services.
• University Undergraduate Advising Handbook
  The advising handbook site provides information regarding academic policies and procedures.

Outside Penn State

• Dartmouth College - Academic Skills Center
  • Learning Strategies
• Virginia Tech - Cook Counseling Center
  • Study Skills Self-help Information
  • Study Skills Inventory
• Study Guides and Strategies - in 32 different languages and counting!

Penn State's Academic Departments and Campuses

Academic Departments @ Penn State - University Park

• The College of Agricultural Sciences
• The College of Arts & Architecture
• The Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration
• The College of Communications
• The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• The College of Education
• The College of Engineering
• The College of Health and Human Development
• The College of Information Sciences and Technology
• The College of the Liberal Arts
• The Eberly College of Science
• Schreyer Honors College
• The Graduate School

Penn State Campuses

• Penn State Abington
• Penn State Altoona
• Penn State Berks
• Penn State Beaver
• Penn State Delaware County
• Penn State DuBois
• Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
• Penn State Harrisburg
• Penn State Hazleton
• Penn State Lehigh Valley
• Penn State McKeesport
• Penn State Mont Alto
• Penn State New Kensington
• Penn State Schuylkill
• Penn State Shenango
• Penn State Wilkes-Barre
• Penn State Worthington Scranton
• Penn State York

Penn State Special-Mission Campuses

• Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies
• Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine
• Penn State University Libraries
• Pennsylvania College of Technology
• The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University
• Penn State World Campus - global online access to a Penn State education