Current Courses Supported

We target courses that meet the following criteria: course enrollment size of 30+, a steppingstone to the major/minor, an introductory course (no prerequisites), and/or a history of high demand for tutoring based on our records from the past 3 academic years. 

Timeline

  • Courses that meet the criteria are selected each term after the timetable is published. 
  • Faculty are notified and invited to share Peer Tutor Recommendations.
  • Peer Tutors are recruited and trained during the first week of classes.
  • Peer Tutoring begins the second week of classes.
  • Registration to participate in Peer Tutoring is ongoing throughout the term. 

Peer Tutoring Courses for this Term

List of 26S Peer Tutoring Courses*

Peer Tutoring availability is dependent on tutor applications, faculty approval, and/or demand.

Course # Name Instructor
BIO 3 Mindful Physiology Diane Gilbert-Diamond
BIO 11.03 Emerging Infectious Diseases Mary Lou Guerinot
BIO 12 Cell Structure and Function Dipon Ghosh and Bing He
CHEM 6 General Chemistry II Mahima Sneha
CHEM  11 General Chemistry Xin Qi
CHEM  51 Organic Chemistry I Dasan Thamattor
CHEM 52 Organic Chemistry II Catherine Welder
CS 1 Intro to Programming and Computation Vasanta Lakshmi Kommineni
ECON 1 The Price System Melinda Petre and Ha Yan Lee
ECON 10 Intro to Statistical Methods Olena Berchuk
ECON 20 Econometrics Steve Mello
ECON 21 Microeconomics Maura Doyle
ECON 22 Macroeconomics Ricardo Salas Diaz
ECON 26 Intermediaries and Markets Meir Kohn
GOVT 5 International Politics Daryl Press and William Wohlforth
LING 1 Introductory Linguistics Timothy Pulju
MATH 8 Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables All Instructors
MATH 13 Accelerated Multivariable Calculus All Instructors
PHYS 14 Introductory Physics II Yi-Hsin Liu and Devin Walker
PSYC 10 Experiment Design and Methodology Samantha Wray
SOCY 10 Quantitative Analysis of Social Data Kristin Smith
SPAN 1, 2, 3 Introductory Spanish Sequence All Instructors

To register for Peer Tutoring and to access the most updated list of courses, please visit our registration site here.