Learning Assistance

Exceptional students are drawn to Rensselaer in part by our rigorous education standards.  ALAC offers many services to help you meet your academic goals effectively:

  • Tutoring services cover course-specific material in interactive group sessions for many undergraduate core courses, with an emphasis on first-year and second-year classes.
  • Learning support includes individual academic coaching by professional staff on organizational skills, time management, learning strategies, and similar topics critical to academic success. ALAC’s full range of learning assistance helps students start well, stay focused, and succeed in their academic adventure. Contact us at 518.276.6269 for more details about services.  We are here to help.
  • ARCH - TA Resources - TA Office Hours Listed below Tutor Schedule 

 

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Tutoring Services

Tutoring services cover course-specific material in interactive group sessions for many undergraduate core courses, with an emphasis on first-year and second-year classes in the schools of science and engineering.

Drop-in tutoring provides opportunities for undergraduates to review class material with graduate and undergraduate tutors proficient in the course topics.  The goal is to help students become independent learners by having tutors guide them through solving practice problems while demonstrating strategies for exploring a topic.  Their role is not to provide answers, but rather to help students understand questions and identify methods for solving them.

Drop-In Tutoring Schedule - 

During the fall, spring, and summer semesters Drop-in tutoring sessions are offered for selected courses in the schools of science and engineering.  During the summer semesters some courses may be scheduled on an Individual/Small Group basis. 

  • If you need assistance with a 1000-level or 2000-level course that is NOT listed below - please contact Sharon McGrath at mcgras@rpi.edu - please note the course number and course title. 
  • If you need assistance with a 4000-level course we will try our best to locate a tutor however, there is no guarantee that one will be found. In such cases we highly recommend that you seek additional assistance from your professor or TA. 
  • IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A TUTOR PLEASE CONTACT Sharon McGrath as mcgras@rpi.edu 

 

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                    NO WED. DROP IN SESSION 5-31-23    

                    Please check back for daily updates 

BIOL 4200 Biostatistics Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - August 18th 
BMED 2050 Programming for Biomed Engr. Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - August 18th 
BMED 2100 Biomaterials Sci & Engr.  Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - August 18th 
BMED 2540 Biomechanics Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - August 18th 
CHEM 1100 Chemistry I Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - June 30th
CHEM 1200 Chemistry II Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu July 05 - August 18th 
CHEM 2250 Organic Chemistry  I Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - June 30th
CHEM 2260 Organic Chemistry II Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu July 05 - August 18th 
COGS 2120 Intro Cog. Science WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 July 05 - August 18th 
CSCI 1100 Computer Science I Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - August 18th
ECON 2010 Intermediate Microecon Theory WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 May 22nd - August 18th 
ECSE 2660 CANOS WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 May 22nd - August 18th 
ENGR 1100 IEA Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - June 30th
ENGR 1200 Engr. Graphics CAD  Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - June 30th
ENGR 1600 Matls Science Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - June 30th
ENGR 2050 Intro Engr. Design  WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 236 May 22nd - August 18th 
ENGR 2530 SOM  WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 236 May 22nd - August 18th 
ENGR 2600 MAU WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 and DCC 236 May 22nd - August 18th 
MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 May 22nd - August 18th 
MATH 4090 Found. of Analysis WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 May 22nd - August 18th
MATH 4100 Linear Algebra WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 May 22nd - August 18th  
MATH 4600 Advanced Calculus WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 235 May 22nd - August 18th
PHYS 1100 Physics I Submit request to Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu May 22nd - June 30th
PHYS 1200 Physics II WED. 6 pm - 8 pm DCC 236 July 05 - August 18th
    ARCH TA RESOURCES

    ARCH TA Resources

    DEPT Course # Course Title First Last Email Instructor Start END Location
    BCBP/BIOL/CHEM 4760-01 Molecular Biochemistry I, crosslisted BCBP/BIOL/CHEM  Kristen Hewes hewesk@rpi.edu Fraser 4:00 PM ? DCC 345-14
    BIOL 1010-01 Introduction to Biology and Lab  Krishyra Mitchell mitchk6@rpi.edu Ramanath/Shablovsky 4:00 PM ? DCC 345-16
    BIOL 4200-01 BIOSTATISTICS Brown  Alon browna19@rpi.edu Stetler 4:00 PM ? DCC 345-15
    BIOL 4730-01 Molecular Biology Lab (6 CR)  Cameron Plowinske plowic@rpi.edu   3:00 PM ? DCC 345-17
    CHEM 1100-01 Chemistry I Andrea Chemistry   Ma 4:00 PM 5:00 PM DCC 345-13
    CHME 2050-01 INTRO TO COMPUTATIONAL CHEME Andreas Rebmann rebmaa@rpi.edu Baysal 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 232
    CHME 2050-01 INTRO TO COMPUTATIONAL CHEME Mrunal Sontakke sontam@rpi.edu Baysal 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 232
    CHME 4020-01 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II Aditi Dey Tithi tithia@rpi.edu Plawsky/Woodcock 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 235
    CHME 4020-01 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II Sandhya Maheshkumar appias@rpi.edu Plawsky/Woodcock 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 235
    CSCI 1100-01 Computer Science I Danqi Jiang   Mushtaque/Hulbert 4:00 PM 8:00 PM 324
    CSCI 1100-02 Computer Science I Yi Xu   Mushtaque/Hulbert 4:00 PM 8:00 PM 324
    CSCI 2600-01, 02 Principals of Software Aashi Gupta   Kuzmin/Hulbert 4:00 PM 8:00 PM 324
    ECSE 2010-01 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS Anik Saha sahaa@rpi.edu Sawyer 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 239
    ECSE 2110-01 ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS Md Shamimul Shamimul Islam islamm7@rpi.edu Neti 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 239
    ECSE 2410-01 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS Anmol Dwivedi dwivea2@rpi.edu Neti 4:00 PM ? DCC 345-5
    ECSE 2500-01 ENGINEERING PROBABILITY Mohaiminul Al Nahian alnahm@rpi.edu Krueger 6:00 PM 7:00 PM DCC 232
    ECSE 2500-01 ENGINEERING PROBABILITY Mahfuz Ullah ullahm@rpi.edu Krueger 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 345-6
    ECSE 2660-01 COMP ARCHITECTURE & NETWORKS Sombuddha Chatterjee chatts4@rpi.edu Rees 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 345-10
    ENGR 2050-06 INTRO ENGR DESIGN  Anmol Dwivedi dwivea2@rpi.edu Oakes/Allard ? ?  
    ENGR 2090-01 ENGINEERING DYNAMICS Haonong Du duh3@rpi.edu Taylor 6:00 PM 8:00 PM DCC 330
    ENGR 2090-02 ENGINEERING DYNAMICS Peiyuan Zhou zhoup2@rpi.edu Taylor 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 345-3
    ENGR 2300-01 ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION  Mohaimunul Al Nahlan alnahm@rpi.edu Moldonado ? ?  
    ENGR 2530-01 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS Fairooj Ta-seen taseef@rpi.edu El-Shafee/Ozisik ? ?  
    ENGR 2600-01 MOD & ANALYSIS UNCERTAINTY Mary Margaret Sta. Cruz stacrm@rpi.edu Wang 8:00 PM 10:00 PM DCC 235
    ENGR 2600-03 MOD & ANALYSIS UNCERTAINTY  Anika Saha sahaa@rpi.edu Wang 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 345-7
    ENGR 4760-01 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS Alejandro Sepulveda sepula@rpi.edu Agca Aktun 4:00 PM 8:00 PM DCC 345-12
    MANE 2220-01 INVENTOR'S STUDIO 1  Asad Shah shaha11@rpi.edu Ghosh/Sullivan/Vener 12:00 PM 2:00 PM DCC 232
    MANE 2220-02 INVENTOR'S STUDIO 1  Sifat Ullah ullahs@rpi.edu Ghosh/Sullivan/Vener 2:00 PM 4:00 PM DCC 232
    MANE 2720-01, 02 FLUID MECHANICS  Vignesh Ramakrishnan ramakv3@rpi.edu Woodcock 2:00 PM 4:00 PM DCC 330
    MANE 4030-01 ELEMENTS OF MECH DESIGN  Ruixiong Hu hur3@rpi.edu Stockton 12:00 PM 2:00 PM DCC 330
    MANE 4030-02 ELEMENTS OF MECH DESIGN  Md Rashef Mahbub mahbum@rpi.edu Stockton 12:00 PM 2:00 PM DCC 330
    MANE 4060-01 AEROSPACE STRUC & MATERIALS  Sikharin Pranompont pranos@rpi.edu Panneersel 12:00 PM 1:00 PM DCC 239
    MANE 4070-01 AERODYNAMICS I  Sharanjeet Kaur kaurs3@rpi.edu Housley 12:00 PM 4:00 PM DCC 235
    MANE 4070-02 AERODYNAMICS I  Kaushik Nallan nallak@rpi.edu Housley 12:00 PM 4:00 PM DCC 235
    MANE 4240-01 INTRO TO FINITE ELEMENTS  Soha Yusuf yusufs@rpi.edu Panneersel 12:00 PM 1:00 PM DCC 236
    MANE 4500-01, 02 MODELING AND CONTRL OF DYN SYS  Kyle Warns warnsk@rpi.edu Repolho Ca 2:00 PM 3:30 PM DCC 236
    MANE 4730-01 HEAT TRANSFER  Hannah Arnow arnowh@rpi.edu Borca-Tasciuc 1:00 PM 3:00 PM DCC 239
    MGMT 1100-01 MANAGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE Avnish Grover grovea@rpi.edu Ballinger 4:00 PM 5:30 PM DCC 345-1
    MGMT 2320-01 MANAGERIAL FINANCE Sai Palepu paleps@rpi.edu Clark 4:00 PM 5:30 PM DCC 345-4
    MGMT 4140-01 COMPUTER INFO SYSTEMS Justin Oparaugo oparaj@rpi.edu McKinney 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 345-9
    MGMT 4850-01 ORG BEHAVIOR IN HIGH PERF ORG Daniel Ferreria ferred3@rpi.edu Hirsa 4:00 PM 5:30 PM DCC 345-11
    MTLE 2500-01 Materials Laboratory Skills Varad Mahajani mahajv2@rpi.edu Lewis ? ?  
    MTLE 4250-01 Mechanical Properties of Mtls  Varad Mahajani mahajv2@rpi.edu Ozisik ? ?  
    PHYS 1200-01 PHYSICS II Quy Tuan Viet Tran tranq@rpi.edu Kim 4:00 PM 6:00 PM DCC 345-2
    STSO 4100-01, 02, 03 PD 2: TECH ISSUES & SOLUTIONS Jackson Anderson anderj15@rpi.edu Hoffman ? ?  
    STSO 4100-04, 05, 06 PD 2: TECH ISSUES & SOLUTIONS Adelle Hamilton hamila3@rpi.edu Hirsa 4:00 PM 5:00 PM DCC 345-8
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    The Learning Assistant (LA) is a Rensselaer student who is responsible for assisting first-year students in becoming active, independent and successful learners.  LA's are assigned to a specific residence hall where they reside and assume responsibility for interacting frequently with the residents of that hall and providing academic-related programs, information and assistance. The LA provides a direct academic support service and acts as a liaison between Advising and Learning Assistance Center and their undergraduates.