GraduateTutor.com provides live tutoring for all the quantitative courses that you may encounter at the University of San Diego. The University and the School of Business provide numerous tutoring options which we have tried to list here. Should you not receive the tutoring support you need at each of the departments and locations listed, please do not hesitate to call or email us.
Tutoring has taken a new shape and form in the recent past. It used to be a largely unstructured process. But studies have proven time and again that peer tutoring can improve learning, bring about academic achievement and improve one’s approach towards grasping concepts.
The University of San Diego goes the extra mile to make sure that their students have no dearth of this opportunity. Students themselves tutor their peers and can also earn credit this way. This article goes into detail about how the University of San Diego College of Arts and Science takes a holistic approach in tutoring their students and the society around them as well.
Learning Center
USD provides tutoring for a range of subjects like Math, Chemistry, English, etc. Every subject is assigned to a Learning Centre with its own objectives and has schedules drawn for each semester. For instance, the Math Learning Centre, as they call it focuses on enabling students to be independent learners by teaching basics. Most of these subjects have three days in a week and on an average 2 hours per day dedicated to them. For the English language, USD has a Writing Centre that is open five days a week and dedicates forty five minutes for each session.
Communication skills can break or make one’s future. Standing by this strongly, USD has a dedicated department for Languages, Cultures and Literatures which aims in developing language proficiency, intercultural competency, etc. Students can tutor other students after fulfilling certain requirements laid down by the college.
USD offers a vast variety of languages including Arabic, Chinese and Italian. The tutors work on grammatical concepts, vocabulary building through conversations and oral presentations. Thanks to its global presence and reputation in the education arena, USD has students from all over the world, making it a global village by itself and it is hence able to provide numerous tutors for each language. Each tutor is allotted a one hour session and availability is on first-come-first- serve basis.
Let’s take a look at the tutoring schedules at USD by department:
- The Department of Biology conducts tutoring at the Shiley
Center for Science & Technology, Room 225 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. The tutors are Camille Morales, Daniel Rebagliati and Nicole Potts and they cover courses in Biology 190, 221/221L 225/225L, 300, and 305. For more info. - Chemistry tutoring conducted by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will be at the Shiley Center for Science and Technology, 4th Floor on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. For more info.
- The Writing Centre run by the Department of English has tutoring sessions for one hour slots on all five days a week at Founders Hall, Room 190B. They mainly work on honing one’s writing skills through a collaborative process. From Monday to Wednesday, the timings are from 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. On Thursdays, it is from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. and on Fridays, from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Walk-ins are also permitted if the slots are open. To schedule an appointment.
- The Logic Center run by the Department of Philosophy provides tutoring for students enrolled in Logic classes. It is an informal session and aims at prepping students for exams. The classes will be at Founders Hall, Room 164 covering Chapters 1-7 of the Hurley Book (A Concise Introduction to Logic). The tutors are available six days a week. Contact.
- The Department of Languages, Cultures and Literatures has tutoring classes for various languages in Rigsby Language and Culture Commons, Founders 123. The main focus is on tutoring languages from level 101 to 201. But tutors with advanced skills may also assist students enrolled in 202 and upper-division courses in conversation or composition. The department tutors students in Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. See Tutoring Schedule.
- Mathematics Learning Center provides tutoring with the aim of making students independent learners. It covers courses in Intermediate Algebra, Investigations in Modern Mathematics, College Algebra, Essentials of Trigonometry, Survey of Calculus, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III. Tutoring for advanced subjects may be available. Kindly click for weekly schedule.
- Department of Physics and Biophysics offers Physics tutoring in the Shiley Center for Science & Technology, Room 252A (ħ) for students enrolled in Physics courses. The tutors will be available on Tuesdays from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm and on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Click here for more details
- Economics department of the School of Business provides tutoring for ECON 101, 102 and 216. Classes will be in OH 127 and 28 and classes can be scheduled here.
Tutoring by Student Services
USD has a strong SSS program forming a support system for a large number of underprivileged students. It provides services to ensure that these students continue their education and build their professional careers or go forward with higher studies. They provide group and one-on-one tutoring for various subjects such as Accounting, Economics, Finance, Writing, Languages etc.
Professional and Continuing Education Institute
As a part of enhancing one’s test taking skills to pursue higher education, PCE offers various courses to prep the students to face exams with confidence. They have various tutoring sessions and workshops for different tests. Most of the college applications have an essay requirement. PCE even provides workshops to hone one’s essay writing skills.
Southeast San Diego Tutoring Program
USD takes a 360 degree approach and defines the phrase “giving back to society” through this program where the students register for an internship to tutor local, low-income elementary school students in writing, basic reading and math. Tutors earn 1, 2 or 3 academic credits per semester for 3, 6 or 9 hours of tutoring per week, respectively, for ten weeks during the semester.