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.
- Summer ARCH - TA Resources
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.
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 all tutoring is scheduled on a 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 and include 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.
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- FALL 2021 DROP IN TUTORING -
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NO DROP IN SESSIONS SUN. NOV. 21st - THURS. NOV. 25th
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If you would like to become a tutor please
contact Sharon McGrath at mcgras@rpi.edu
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| BIOL 2100 Intro Cell Biology |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
| BMED 2540 Biomechanics |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
| CHEM 1100 Chemistry I |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
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CHEM 2250 Organic Chem I
Mon. and Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Shabnam Fulmer |
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CHME 2010 MEEBAL
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Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
| CHME 2020 - Energy, Entrop, and Equil. |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
| CHME 4030 CPDC |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
| CHME 4010 - Transport Phenomena I |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
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CSCI 1100 Comp. Sci I
Mon. and Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Zach Burpee
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1100/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1100 Comp Sci I
Mon. and Tues. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Huy Chu
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1100/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1100 Comp Sci I
Tues. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Shanthni Ravindrababu
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1100/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1100 Comp Sci I
Tues. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Zhan Shu
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1100/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1200 DS
Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Clay Bell
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1200/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1200 DS
Wed. and Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Nick Chite
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1200/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1200 DS
Tues. Wed., Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Jingyang Guo
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1200/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1200 DS
Mon. and Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Almog Cohen
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1200/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1200 DS
Tues. and Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Meenakshi Mahagaokar
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1200/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1200 DS
Mon. Wed. and Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Dru Ellering
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1200/office_hours_queue |
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CSCI 1200 DS
Mon. 7 pm - 9 pm Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Allison Harry
https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/f21/csci1200/office_hours_queue |
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ECON 2010 Intermediate Microecon.
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Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
| ECON 2020 Intermediate Macroecon. |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
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ENGR 1100 IEA
Tues. and Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Alden Olyniec |
| ENGR 1100 IEA Mon. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Brian Delaney
In Person Session - DCC 337 |
ENGR 1100 IEA
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Christina Rogers - Grad Tutor/Mentor
https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/rogerc2 In Person Session - Blitman Meeting Room ECAV |
| ENGR 1200 CAD |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu |
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ENGR 2600 MAU
Tues. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Amanda Su |
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MATH 1010 Calc I
Mon. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Tyra Edgehill-Parker |
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MATH 1010 Calc I
Tues. and Wed. - 8 pm - 10 pm - IN PERSON |
Kelly Gray
In Person session - Folsom Library 1st Floor |
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MATH 1010 Calc I
Tues. and Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Marguerite Demasi |
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MATH 1010 Calc I
Mon. and Thurs. 7 pm - 9 pm |
Amie Agasino |
MATH 1010 Calc I
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Christina Rogers - Grad Tutor/Mentor
https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/rogerc2 In Person Session -Blitman Meeting Room ECAV |
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MATH 1010 Calc I
Sun. 6 pm - 8 pm - IN PERSON Mon. 8 pm - 10 pm - IN PERSON |
Keegan Dant
Sun. In Person Session - Blitman Meeting Rm. ECAV Mon. Folsom Library 1st Floor |
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MATH 1020 Calc II
8 pm - 10 pm Wed. and Thurs. |
Medhini Mankale
https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/mankam
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MATH 1020 Calc II
Mon. and Tues. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Holly Lauzon |
| MATH 1020 Calc II Tues. and Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Harshitha Narahari |
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MATH 1020 Calc II Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Rishika Jandhyala |
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MATH 1020 Calc II
Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Gretchen Hu |
MATH 1020 Calc II
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Trevor Pixley - Grad Tutor/Mentor - pixlet@rpi.edu
In Person Session - - Blitman Meeting Room ECAV |
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MATH 2010 Multivar. Calc
Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Brian Delaney
https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/delanb2
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MATH 2010 Multivar Calc.
Tues. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Sarah Shiang |
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MATH 2400 Intro Diff Eq.
Mon. and Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Nate Zink |
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MATH 2400 Intro Diff Eq.
Tues. and Wed. 7 pm - 9 pm |
Matthew Todd |
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MATH 2400 Intro Diff Eq.
Tues. and Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Xingyu Wang |
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PHYS 1100 Physics I
Tues. and Thurs. 8 pm - 10 pm |
Kentaro Yasuda
https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/yasudk
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PHYS 1100 Physics I
Mon. and Wed. 8 pm - 10 pm
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Sid Addepalli
In Person Session - DCC 324 |
PHYS 1100 Physics I
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Trevor Pixley - Grad Tutor/Mentor - pixlet@rpi.edu
In Person Session - Blitman ECAV |
| PHYS 1200 Physics II |
Small Group Tutoring - For Tutor Information
Please contact Sharon McGrath - mcgras@rpi.edu
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ARCH 2021 TA Resources
| COURSE | TA | TA Email | OFFICE HOURS | WEBEX URL |
| ARTS 2540 The Multimedia Century | Jude Abu Zaineh | abuzaj@rpi.edu ; judeabuzaineh@gmail.com | Mon 11am-12pm EST OR by appointment scheduled via email | https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer/j.php?MTID=m596c9e5274ca0b56297bc432bf7b9034 |
| ARTS 2700 Sound Recording and Production | Kosmas Giannoutakis | giannk@rpi.edu | Tues 10-12 am. | webexteams://im?space=58c225f0-ba54-11eb-b003-b91317316652 |
| CHME 4010 Transport phenomena I | Mengyang Hu | hum5@rpi.edu | Wed. 5:00 pm -7:00 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/hum5 |
| CHME 4020 Transport phenomena II | Mengyang Hu | hum5@rpi.edu | Wed. 5:00 pm -7:00 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/hum5 |
| COGS 2105/CSCI 4965 AI IN FICTION AND FACT | Mukesh Mohanty | mohanm3@rpi.edu | Thurs. 11 AM to 1 PM | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/mohanm3 |
| CSCI 1100 Computer Sci. I | Aitazaz Khan | khana8@rpi.edu | Tues/Thurs 10am-12pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/khana8 |
| CSCI 2600 Principles of Software | Ankita Bhaumik | bhauma@rpi.edu | Fri 10am-2pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/bhauma |
| CSCI 4210 Operating systems | Jiawen Zhang | zhangj42@rpi.edu | Tues/Wed 8-10am, Wed 9-11pm, Thurs 9-11pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/zhangj42 |
| CSCI 4210 Operating systems | Saad Atique | atiqum@rpi.edu | Tues/Wed/Fri 12-3pm, Tues/Wed 10pm-12am, Thurs 4-5pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/atiqum |
| CSCI 4210 Operating systems | Maksim Kholiavchenko | kholim@rpi.edu | Tues. 3-5pm 6-8pm; Wed. 3-5pm 6-8pm - Nooks (in my personal room OH: Maksim | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/kholim |
| CSCI 4440 Software Design and Documentation | Mohammed Shahid Modi | modim2@rpi.edu (mauviamodi@gmail.com) | Wed. 2:00pm to 2:30pm and Thur. 10:30am to 11:00am team meetings | webexteams://im?space=a81db160-5dc9-11eb-bc83-3dcb89ada1fc |
| CSCI 4550 Interactive Visualization | Maksim Kholiavchenko | kholim@rpi.edu | Thurs. 10:30am to 11:00am | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/kholim |
| CSCI 4963 Advanced Programming Using Java. | Shahid Modi | modim2@rpi.edu | Tues/Fri 1:35-3:35 | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/modim2 |
| CSCI 4963 Advanced Programming Using Java. | Bishwajit Saha | sahab@rpi.edu | Wed 9-11pm, Thurs 10:30am-12:30pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/sahab |
| ECON 2021 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory | Xinying Qu | qux2@rpi.edu | Tues. & Wed. 2-4 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/qux2 |
| ECON 4190-01 International Economics & Globalization | Avnish Grover | grovea@rpi.edu or avnish.grover1@gmail.com | Tues. 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm and Thurs 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | |
| ECSE 2100 FIELDS AND WAVES I | Sombuddha Chatterjee | chatts4@rpi.edu | Mon. 4 pm -6 pm (Available for answers on the discord server all day on Mon.) | chatts4.rensselaer@webex.com |
| ECSE 2100 FIELDS AND WAVES I | Anindita Ghosh | ghosha7@rpi.edu | Wed. 3PM - 5PM. | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/ghosha7 |
| ECSE 2110 Electrical Energy Systems | James Onyejizu | onyejj@rpi.edu | Mon. 6PM TO 8PM, Wed. 2PM TO 4PM | https://rensselaer.webex.com/onyejj |
| ECSE 2410 Signals and Systems | Jingpeng Hao | haoj@rpi.edu | Thurs. 10 pm to 12 am | https://rensselaer.webex.com/m/74c40c3e-842f-411d-b0dc-9924c68254da |
| ECSE 2410 Signals and Systems | Meng Zhang | zhangm19@rpi.edu | Mon. 8-10pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/m/633a9143-19b8-42c3-a9de-c7e4fe0bd653 |
| ECSE 2660 CANOS | Chibuikem Ezemaduka | ezemac@rpi.edu | Mon. and Thurs. 8pm - 9pm | webexteams://im?space=cece60c0-b986-11eb-b0bb-5bc595717c90 |
| ENGR 1100 IEA | Ying Zhang | zhangy61@rpi.edu | Wed. 3-4 pm and Sat. 3-4 pm. | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/zhangy61 |
| ENGR 1600 Matl Science | Collin Rowe | rowec2@rpi.edu | Mon & Fri 2 pm – 3 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/rowec2 |
| ENGR 2010 Electric Circuits | Saad Bin Ali Reza | alires@rpi.edu | Assistance in the LABS | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/alires |
| ENGR 2050 Introduction to Engineering Design | Erim Yanik | yanike@rpi.edu | Wed. 10 am - 12 pm & 5 pm - 8 pm // Thurs. - 8 am - 12 pm & 4 pm - 8 pm | Machine Shop |
| ENGR 2050 Introduction to Engineering Design | Mukul Sharma | sharmm3@rpi.edu | Mon. and Tues. 4 pm - 6 pm and Wed. 1 pm - 2 pm and Fri. 8 am - 12 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/sharmm3 |
| ENGR 2530 Strength of Materials | Tathagata Bhaduri | bhadut@rpi.edu | Mon. 11 AM - 12 PM - Problem Session - Bi-weekly on Wed. 2 pm - 4 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/bhadut |
| ENGR 2530 Strength of Materials | Yue Ding | dingy3@rpi.edu | Wed. 8-9 am and Wed. 2-4 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/dingy3 |
| ENGR 2600 MAU | Nazia Afroz Choudhury | choudn@rpi.edu | Fri. 2 pm - 4 pm Summer 1, 2 and 3 | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/choudn |
| ENGR 2600 MAU | Harrison Lee | leeh19@rpi.edu | Tues. 2 pm - 4 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/leeh19 |
| ENGR 4300 Electronic Instrumentation | Saad Bin Ali Reza | alires@rpi.edu | Thur. 1:30 pm -3:30 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/alires |
| ENGR 4760 Engineering Economics | Joshua Schmid | schmij5@rpi.edu | Mon. 11 AM – 1 PM, Wed. 12 PM – 2 PM, by appointment | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/schmij5 |
| ENVE 4310 Applied Hydrology & Hydraulics | Christos Varsamis | varsac@rpi.edu | Fri. 1 pm -3 pm or by email | https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer/j.php?MTID=m58cb9836641e9073e53ff5b3fd46caf1 |
| GSAS 2965 Introduction to Worldbuilding | Pengze Zheng | zhengp3@rpi.edu | Tues. 5pm - 6pm | https://discord.gg/ADnaCQj7DE |
| MANE 2220 Inventor's Studio I | Damsara Jayarathne | jayarj2@rpi.edu | Mon. and Thur. 12:45PM to 02:45PM instructor's Office Hrs. | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/jayarj2 |
| MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics | Avinash Moharana | mohara@rpi.edu | Tues. 4 pm to 5 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/mohara |
| MANE 4030 Elements of Mechanical Design | Kevin Kotharu | kothak@rpi.edu | Mon. and Thurs. 2 pm -3 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/kothak |
| MANE 4030 Elements of Mechanical Design | Rich Sadlon | sadlor@rpi.edu | Mon. and Wed. 4 pm 5 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/sadlor |
| MANE 4060 Aerospace Structures | Isaac Bannerman | bannei2@rpi.edu | Mon. 5 pm - 6 pm and Thurs. 5 pm - 6 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/bannej2 |
| MANE 4060 Aerospace Structures and Materials | Jacob Puritz | puritj@rpi.edu | Mon. and Wed. 4 pm -5 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/puritj |
| MANE 4080, Propulsion Systems | Isaac Bannerman | bannei2@rpi.edu | Mon. 6 pm - 7 pm and Thurs. 6 pm - 7 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/bannej2 |
| MANE 4240 Intro to Finite Elements | Ruixiong Hu | hur3@rpi.edu | Tues. and Fri. 3:30 pm -5:30 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/hur3 |
| MANE 4500 Modeling and control of dynamics system. | Paul McKee | paulmckee1995@gmail.com | Wed. 12 pm-2 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/mckeep |
| MANE 4500 Modeling and control of dynamics system. | Diwei Zhang | zhangd18@rpi.edu | Tues. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/zhangd18 |
| MANE 4730 Heat Transfer | Xue Li | lix41@rpi.edu | Mon. and Thur. 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/lix41 |
| MATH 2010 Multivariable Calc | Zixiao Chen | chenz26@rpi.edu | Wed. 8PM-10PM EST | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/chenz26 |
| MATH 4600 Advanced Calculus | Taylor McAuliffe | mcault@rpi.edu | Mon. 9 - 10:30AM | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/mcault |
| MATH 4600 Advanced Calculus | Nicholas Salvatore | salvan@rpi.edu | Thurs. 1 - 2:30PM | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/salvan |
| PHYS 2105 MATHEMATICAL PHYS FOR PHYSICS | Marx Akl | aklm@rpi.edu | Fri -Wed 4-5 pm eastern | https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer-en/j.php?MTID=m6f76ae06859a53b324e9ebeb9cbcae6f |
| PSYC 2310 Research Methods & Stats I | Alexander Lutsevich | lutsea@rpi.edu | Tues. + Thurs. 4pm-5pm | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/lutsea |
| STSH 2105/STSS 4964/STSS 4962 Gender & Sustainability | Christopher Caulfield | caulfc2@rpi.edu | Wed. 2-4 pm and by appointment | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/caulfc2 |
| STSS 2105/STSS 4963 Gender & Race in Culture | Christopher Caulfield | caulfc2@rpi.edu | Wed 2-4 pm and by appointment | https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/caulfc2 |
| WRIT 1110 & COMM 2520 Communication Theory and Practice | Shanshan Yang | yangs22@rpi.edu | Wed. 9 am - 10 pm Jul. 14th - Aug. 18th | https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer/j.php?MTID=md839eb39f088790a2d60676af64b03bc |
Learning Support
The Rensselaer academic experience brings many new and exciting challenges to some of the finest young minds in the world. For such students, high school work may have been easy, with no need to study or to think about how to study. The more challenging college curriculum, though, may require learning new skills to adapt to the new circumstances. Academic support is also available for students referred by Rensselaer’s Office of Disability Services.
Remote Learning
Here you will find exectuive functioning information and tips that can help you during your online learning.
Learning Assistant Program
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.