As a means of better preparing students for their majors, Peer Tutors are implemented to assist students in introductory and second year science courses and selected calculus sections. The Peer Tutors are upper level students who attend a specific course they have already completed (and almost always several courses in other disciplines that share common concepts). Their function is to assist current students with basic tutoring needs and offer a broader perspective on how those courses relate to the overall study of science.

The CPL

The Center for Peer Leaning is the headquarters for the Peer Tutors (more properly Hughes Science Tutors). Located in Moody Engineering Building (almost equidistant from the Biology and Physics and Math facilities, and underneath the Chemistry department) the CPL offers a suite of offices linked to a conference room as a space for individual consultations, review sessions and workshops. Because tutors will be selected based on the breadth of their familiarity with introductory science courses, even when a particular course does not have a tutor present, a drop-in student is likely to get some help.

How are Peer-tutors selected?

Before registration for the next term, students may nominate themselves or be nominated by faculty who know them. The CPL steering committee acts as a clearing house to match potential tutors with instructors. It's not a requirement that you were near the top of the class as long as there is reason to believe you will be effective helping others.

What courses have peer tutors?

Lab tutors are a possibility for writing intensive labs and labs that bridge between departments.