Tutoring
Augustana offers different types of tutoring that include departmental drop-in tutoring, individual subject tutoring, and Reading/Writing Center tutoring.
Departmental drop-in tutoring
Drop-in tutoring is free to all students. All students are encouraged to use drop-in tutoring whether they're getting a B in the class and hoping to raise it to an A, or if hoping to pass a course. We interview, hire and train qualified peer tutors to staff drop-in tutoring programs. A schedule of all the available drop-in tutoring programs on campus is posted every term.
Fall 2018-2019
Accounting:
In Olin 105
Sept. 11: 7:15-9:15 p.m.
Sept. 16: 7-9 p.m.
Sept. 20: 7:15-9:15 p.m.
Sept. 25: 7:15-9:15 p.m.
Business Stats course content: Starting Week 2, Tuesdays from 6-8 p.m. in Olin 109.
Business Stats course content and SAS: Starting Week 2, Thursdays and Sundays from 6-8 p.m. in Olin 109.
Chemistry 121 and 312: Starting Week 1, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays from 7-9 p.m. in Hanson 305.
Computer Science 211 and 212: Starting Week 1, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays from 7-9 p.m. in Olin 204.
Economics 201 and 202: Wednesdays from 5-7 p.m. in Olin 203.
Geology 101, 104, 112, and 116: to be announced.
Graphic Design 222 and 225: Mondays and Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m. in Brunner Center multimedia lab and Weeks 3-5: Friday 2:30-3:30 p.m. in Old Main 202.
Latin and Greek: Starting Week 1, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8 p.m in Olin 208.
Mathematics 090, 218-221, and 230: Starting Week 1, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays from 7-9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 5-7 p.m. in Olin 203.
Mathematics 203-204: Winter and spring terms only.
Physics 101-103 and 201-203: to be announced.
Individual tutoring
Individual tutoring is offered for other courses for which there is no drop-in tutoring or for those who will need additional one-on-one attention. In order to qualify for individual tutoring, students must:
1. Be receiving a C or less in the course
2. Attend at least one study skills workshop
3. Follow specific departmental guidelines (i.e. utilize office hours or drop-in tutoring if available)
• To request individual tutoring, students must log into Starfish.
On the home screen, click on the "Request Help" icon.
Select "I need individual tutoring help" from the drop-down menu.
Yen Dao, director of student success services, will contact students via email to coordinate tutoring.
This process may take up to two weeks if there is not a tutor already hired and trained for that subject. We will try our best to accommodate individual tutoring requests.
It is very important to submit a request early to allow us time to coordinate individual tutoring.
Please direct all departmental drop-in and individual tutoring questions to Yen Dao, director of student success services, 309-794-8016.
If you are interested in improving your reading and writing skills, see the Reading/Writing Center.