Student Support and Academic Resources

While faculty members are expected to be available to assist students outside of class time whether via office hours, email, and phone, some students may occasionally need extra help above and beyond what an instructor can provide. Please note the following student resources.

Writing

The Writing Place, a free tutoring service available to SCS students in Schaffner Library on the Chicago campus and the University Library on the Evanston campus, provides assistance to students who need help writing papers. See www.writing.northwestern.edu or www.library.northwestern.edu/schaffner/writingplace.html.

ESL

ESL classes and tutoring through Northwestern’s ESL department are available at no fee to our graduate students. Please refer interested students, or students requesting extra tutoring in writing skills, to the web page at http://babel.ling.northwestern.edu/~esl/index.html. The website has information about classes, tutoring, and Test of Spoken English workshops.

Math

SCS offers a free math tutoring service for students, the Math Place, in the Schaffner Library in Wieboldt Hall on the Chicago campus, 339 E. Chicago Avenue, 2nd Floor. A tutor will be available to assist students who can use extra help with math courses, including Precalculus, Algebra, Calculus, and Statistics. Interested students should make tutoring session appointments in advance through the Schaffner Library.

Individual statistics and accounting tutors may be available from the University’s departments. Please refer students to the following website for more information about tutoring services: www.scs.northwestern.edu/ugrad/information/tutoring.cfm.

Career

SCS provides services geared toward the career changer, those that would like to better prepare themselves for applying and interviewing for a job and students that seek to advance their careers, including online tools and workshops. Please refer students to SCS Career Services page: http://scs.northwestern.edu/student/career_services.cfm.

Disabilities

Northwestern University provides a variety of services to assist students with disabilities in becoming active members of the University community. Services vary according to the type and level of impairment experienced by each student. The majority of these services are coordinated by the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD):  http://www.northwestern.edu/disability/.