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Academic Support Services
Whether you are having academic difficulty, or just need someone to read over a paper, many services are available on campus to help. From study skill workshops to math tutoring, there are academic support services for all of your needs. Many of these offices have evening and weekend hours to help you when you need it most.
Academic Advising—University Division, Maxwell Hall 101 , 855-4964
Academic Support Center
There are three locations open during the evenings, Sunday–Thursday from 7:00–11:00pm:
- in the center building of Briscoe Quad at the corner of Fee Lane and 17th St.
- in the center building of Forest Quad on 3rd St.
- in the center building of Teter Quad on Sunrise Dr.
Phone numbers: 855-6931 (Briscoe), 856-4457 (Teter) and 856-3060 (Forest)
The Academic Support Centers offer a range of free services, including tutoring, advising, workshops, review sessions, and other academic support. Members of the Student Academic Center staff aim to help students develop study skills. ASC works with the Math Department Tutorial Help Service to help students in individual or small group sessions. The emphasis is on introductory math courses: M014, M025, M118, M119, M120, and M211. Furthermore, assistance is also available in some upper-level courses and in Groups math classes such as J111, J112, and J113. Note: The Teter location has been designated as the location for help in upper-level math courses (M212 and higher).
Asian Cultural Center: 807 E. 10th, 856-5361, email: acc@indiana.edu
The Asian Cultural Center provides free tutoring in Asian languages, available to all IU students.
Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development (OMSLD), Ashton-Weatherly 202, 855-3540
OMSLD pairs its students with faculty and staff mentors who share their academic and social interests. The purpose of the OMSLD Mentoring Program is to help freshmen make the transition from high school and home environments to a university setting. The program helps students succeed academically and socially and become involved in campus life.
La Casa, 715 E. 7th St., 855-0174
The Latino Cultural Center offers free Spanish tutoring services to any student.
Library Services, Main Library W121, 855-0100
Writing Tutorial Services, Wells Library, Information commons, 855-6738
For free help at any phase of the writing process—from brainstorming to polishing the final draft—call Writing Tutorial Services (WTS, pronounced "wits") at 855-6738 for an appointment. When you visit WTS, you'll find a tutor who is a sympathetic and helpful reader of your prose. To be assured of an appointment with the tutor who will know most about your class, please call in advance.
WTS, in the Information Commons on the first floor of the Wells Library, is open Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Walk-in tutorials are available when WTS has an opening, but the appointment book often fills in advance. WTS tutors are also available for walk-in tutorials (only) in the Academic Support Centers in Briscoe, Forest, and Teter residence halls, open Sunday-Thursday 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.) Contact a librarian: (812) 855-0100 or 888-258-6977
Stat/Math Center, 410 N. Park, 855-4724, statmath@indiana.edu
The Stat/Math Center offers technical assistance in the use of mathematical and statistical software, co-sponsors non-credit computing classes (STEPs) with UITS, and offers help with electronic file conversion and data storage.
Student Academic Center, 316 N. Jordan Ave., 855-7313
At the Student Academic Center you can choose from a wide range of courses for credit, individualized academic assessment and assistance, peer tutoring, supplemental instruction, free and fee-based workshops, outreach services, and Student Learning Consultation/support services for faculty and instructors in order to enhance academic success.
Writing Tutorial Services, Ballantine 206, 855-6738
Writing Tutorial Services helps students at any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to outlining to revising. Graduate and undergraduate peer tutors work one-on-one with students on writing assignments for all types of classes, with an emphasis on introductory-level courses and ESL assistance.
