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Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

 

 

Distinguished Speakers Series

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences brings prominent leaders from various fields to campus through the Distinguished Speakers Series. Special supporting events often occur in conjunction with these visits.

Performing and Visual Arts

The Division of Humanities in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences presents theatre, dance, music, and other artistic productions to complement academic majors and courses.

Student Newsletter

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Student Newsletter informs students of important semester dates, college services, scholarship opportunities, and noteworthy events.

Office of Academic Services

General Information and Policies

The Office of Academic Services offers supplemental assistance to students in their current coursework. Course-specific and writing tutoring is FREE to NSU students. Tutoring sessions are one-on-one, interactive, and require active student participation. Prior to tutoring sessions, students should have attended classes and attempted their assignments.

In addition to tutoring, students can be mentored to improve their study skills and learn time management strategies that reinforce the learning process. The Office of Academic Services professional staff use a student-centered holistic approach to mentoring. This approach considers the “whole student” when discussing academic success strategies.

Tutoring is not available for NSU placement tests or CLEP examinations. However, test preparation is provided for the General Knowledge Test. 

Course-Specific Tutoring

  • Math
  • Sciences (physics, chemistry, and biology)
  • Business (accounting and economics)
  • Technology (TECH 1110)

Tutoring sessions are designed to improve students’ understanding of course content. Course-specific tutoring sessions neither teach new material nor replace classroom instruction. If a class is missed, students should study the material from the textbook and get the class notes from a classmate. Also, students should use available supplemental resources, such as DVDs or computer tutorial programs (materials for all undergraduate math courses are available at the Office of Academic Services). A tutoring session may be scheduled after students have studied and attempted course assignments. Students should bring specific questions or concerns to their tutoring sessions.

Writing Tutoring

  • Writing (all courses)

Writing Across the Curriculum, NSU’s academic policy, requires that all courses include a significant writing component.  The Office of Academic Services assists students in meeting their writing goals. Students are guided toward becoming more independent writers. The tutors actively engage students in all phases of the writing process. Common topics of discussion include brainstorming, organizing, revising, sentence structure, grammar, and research techniques.

Writing is a process requiring extensive time commitment. Therefore, a tutoring session may not allow for a review of an entire paper. Since tutoring sessions are learning experiences, students are expected to apply what they learn during their tutoring sessions to the remainder of their assignments and to subsequent assignments. Students are encouraged to plan sufficient time for tutoring sessions and independent follow-up revisions. Students are required to bring two double-spaced copies of their paper to each tutoring session. The tutor will make notes on and retain one of the copies.

Appointment Policies

  • Tutoring appointments are 45 minutes long and should be scheduled in advance, either in person or by phone. Walk-in appointments are acceptable, but not recommended because a tutor may be unavailable.
  • Students can schedule one appointment at a time, with a maximum of two appointments per week per subject.
  • On main campus, students wishing to cancel a tutoring appointment must call the Office of Academic Services at least three hours prior to the scheduled appointment.  A ‘late cancellation’ (equal to ½ point) will be assigned to students who cancel under the three-hour requirement. A ‘no show’ (equal to 1 point) will be assigned to students who fail to cancel or show for an appointment.  After accumulating 2 points, tutoring services may be used on a WALK-IN basis only for the remainder of the current semester.
  • Students who are late for an appointment may receive tutoring for the remaining scheduled time.
  • Students should come to tutoring sessions with all necessary books, notes, and reference materials, and be prepared to ask specific questions.
  • Students are discouraged from bringing children to tutoring sessions. Children must remain in the company of parent or guardian.
  • Cell phones should be turned off during tutoring sessions.

Tutoring Format

  • In-Person Tutoring - Students are encouraged to use in-person tutoring, if available.
  • Online - Students who cannot reach a location where in-person tutoring is available are welcome to use online tutoring.