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Faculty Resources

Faculty are our most powerful partners in engaging students with academic support resources on our campus.  To assist you in directing students to campus academic support resources, we have drafted language that you may choose to include on your syllabi/cougar courses about each center/program. We also provide contact info for each center/program.  We look forward to working with you to ensure students have access to available academic resources that are sure to help them succeed. 

NetTutor

One-on-one virtual tutoring and asynchronous feedback via chat is available through NetTutor, a third-party service vendor available to all CSUSM enrolled students. Virtual tutoring is available all semester, including weekends and evening hours. A detailed schedule of our tutoring hours can be found on the ASC website or we also encourage students to stop by and visit our virtual Academic Success Center on Microsoft Teams. Follow us on Instagram @csusm_asc.

Supplemental Instruction (SI) 

Supplemental Instruction (SI) study sessions are offered weekly for this course. SI is an academic support program that provides peer-led study sessions to assist students in traditionally difficult courses. These study sessions are led by a student who has successfully completed this course and has been trained to facilitate group study sessions where students improve their understanding of course material, review and discuss important concepts, and develop effective study strategies to prepare for exams. Students who attend SI sessions weekly typically earn a higher final course grade than students who do not attend SI. SI is for everyone and open to all students enrolled in this class; attend early and often to ensure you never fall behind! SI study sessions begin during the 3rd week of the semester and are now being held in-person or virtually through Microsoft Teams. For more information about the schedule and delivery of SI study sessions, please talk to your SI Leader, or visit the SI website.  

STEM Success Center

The STEM Success Center (STEM SC) offers free walk-in tutoring for lower division math and science courses; which include Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science! We offer in-person tutoring in Extended Learning Building space 204 (ELB 204). Our hours of operation will be Monday-Thursday 10:00AM-5:00PM and 10:00AM-3:00PM on Friday.

We will also be hosting exam review sessions, embedded tutoring and content workshops for select classes throughout the semester. Tutoring will begin the second week of instruction and will proceed through finals week. Feel free to use the center as a study space and a community building space! Our helpful student staff will already be there to greet you and answer your questions. Build your study habits and become a better student with Learning & Tutoring Services. Hope to see you there! Follow us on Instagram: @csusm_stemsuccesscenter

Writing Center

The Writing Center offers welcoming digital and face-to-face learning environments where certified student consultants offer constructive guidance at any stage of the writing process--idea generation, argument development, sentence-polishing, and more. They start with the prompt and ask guiding questions as students work to develop compelling work. Chat, voice, and video sessions are available on Microsoft Teams by appointment; Quick Help is available on Teams on a drop-in basis; asynchronous feedback is available by request; and in-person tutoring is available by appointment. Additional services include Academic English support, ongoing support, webinarsand various online resources. Follow them on Instagram @wccsusm

  • Questions? Email writing@csusm.edu 
  • Location: ELB 2nd floor, 273
  • In-Person Hours: Mon-Thurs, 10am – 5pm; Fri, 10am – 2pm
  • Virtual Hours: Mon-Thurs, 9am – 6pm; Fri, 9am – 2pm 
  • Director: Evan Smith 
    Email: esmith@csusm.edu