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Learning Assistance and Tutoring

The Student Learning Center

The Student Learning Center (SLC) provides free tutoring in content areas and writing, study skills assistance, and supplemental instruction. The goal of the SLC is to promote independent and lifelong learning.

Hours
Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 2:30 pm

Free Tutoring by Appointment 

Trained, faculty-recommended peer tutors assist in a variety of subjects including:

  • Accounting
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Economics
  • Foreign Languages
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Study Skills
  • Writing

Appointments must be made at least one day in advance for tutoring and can be ongoing for the entire semester. The SLC recommends making appointments early in the semester. Writing appointments are individual, while all other appointments are small group sessions.

Appointments must be scheduled in person in the Student Learning Center, SSC 340.

Study Skills Workshops

The Student Learning Center sponsors specialized workshops each semester in the following areas:

  • Learning Styles
  • Memory and Concentration
  • Motivation
  • Reading Strategies
  • Stress Reduction
  • Test Preparation
  • Time Management

Other Learning Assistance Programs

Professors’ Office Hours

One of the best ways to gain insight into course material and requirements is meeting with professors during their office hours. During office hours faculty can assist students to:

  • Increase understanding of a course
  • Improve study techniques specific to the subject matter
  • Assess knowledge of course content
  • Explore approaches to an assignment
  • Review course material and solve problems
  • Identify sources of further help
  • Plan academic and career goals

Departmental Learning Assistance

Several departments offer tutoring by paid or volunteer tutors participating in academic student organizations. Below is a listing of the departments that have had tutoring programs in the past. For current information about availability and hours of tutoring, contact the department directly by phone or email.

Accounting/Business Administration
Phone: 530-898-6272
Building: THMA Room 301
E-mail: bus@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.csuchico.edu/cob

Anthropology
Phone: 530-898-6192
Building: BUTE Room 311
E-mail: anth@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/

Biology
Phone:530-898-5356
E-mail: biol@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.csuchico.edu/biol/

Chemistry
Phone: 530-898-5259
Building: PHSC Room 216
E-mail: chem@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.csuchico.edu/chem

Computer Science
Phone: 530-898-6442
Building: OCNL Room 215
E-mail: csci@csuchico.edu
Website: http://csci.ecst.csuchico.edu

Economics
Phone: 530-898-6141
Building: BUTE Room 603
E-mail: econ@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.csuchico.edu/econ/

Engineering
Phone: 530-898-5963
Building: OCNL Room 410
E-mail: ect@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/

Geological and Environmental Sciences
Phone: 530-898-5262
Building: PHSC Room 217
E-mail: geos@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.csuchico.edu/geos/

Mathematics and Statistics
Phone: 530-898-6111
Building: HOLT Room 181
E-mail: math@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.csuchico.edu/math/

Physics
Phone: 530-898-6259
Building: PHSC Room 106
E-mail: phys@csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.phys.csuchico.edu

The Studuent Learning Center is located in Student Services Center, Room 340. For more information, call 530-898-6839 (with 24-hour voicemail) or visit our website http://www.csuchico.edu/slc/

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