The assistance that is described in this document is organized as follows:
The Mathematics Department operates several "Help Rooms" to provide help to students in first-year courses. In all of these help rooms students are invited to drop in whenever it's open. No appointment is necessary.
Summer: The summer term help room is available to students in all summer math courses. The help room is open for several hours a day, Monday through Friday, and is staffed by course assistants. Please check the complete term 1 and term 2 summer help room schedules for specific hours and dates of operation .
Fall and spring semesters: All teachers and lab assistants in Math 25L/26L, Math 31L, Math 32L, and Math 32 participate in the help room. The Math 103 help room is staffed by tutors hired by the Math Department. The schedules are listed below.
| COURSE | HOURS | DAYS | LOCATION | WHO'S ON DUTY? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Math 25L, 31L, 32L, 32, 41L | 1-10 p.m. | M,T,W,Th | 132 Carr Building | Hour-by-hour |
| 6-10 p.m. | Sun | |||
| Math 103 | 7-10 p.m. | Sun,M,T,W,Th | 137 Carr Building | Hour-by-hour |
| The helprooms will begin on Sunday, August 31, 2008, and operate through Thursday, December 11, except that the helprooms will be closed for fall break (October 13-14) and for the Thanksgiving break (November 25-30). | ||||
All students at Duke are eligible to receive individual tutoring, provided by the Peer Tutoring Program, at no charge. To apply for a tutor a student should go to the Peer Tutoring Office on the second floor of the Academic Advising Center on East Campus. The student will be given a form that must be signed by the teacher and returned by the student to the Tutoring Office. The person in charge of Peer Tutoring is Ms. Francie Sweet.
Each semester there are a number of graduate and undergraduate students who wish to work as private tutors. As a service to students seeking private tutors, the Math Department keeps a list on file of tutors who have registered with the Department. By putting the name of an individual on the list, the Math Department is not endorsing or recommending that individual: we simply check to see that the person's transcript includes adequate math courses for the material in which he or she proposes to tutor students.
A printed copy of the list of tutors is available in room 117 of the Physics Building. If you are currently in the Duke Community and you would like see the list now, then click here. Note that if you hire a private tutor, the price must be negotiated by you and the prospective tutor.
The Office of Intercultural Affairs administers a tutoring program for minority students. To apply for a tutor through this office call 684-6756.
Student-athletes can arrange for private tutoring through the office of Brad Berndt , 101 Cameron Indoor Stadium, 684-2120, ext. 230, or Jacki Silar , 108 Cameron Indoor Stadium, 684-4685.
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