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ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT CENTER
STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER  Suite 1220
Link to printable list of resources

Instructional Services – 650-3717

  • Developmental courses in reading, writing, and mathematics
  • Study skills course (AD 115 – 2 credits)
  • Career planning and development course (AD 117 – 2 credits)
  • Testing Services

Mathematics Resource Area – 650-2055

  • Tutors, solutions manual and software for all developmental courses and Math 120, 125 and 150
  • Science Tutoring also available
  • No appointment necessary

Writing Center – 650-2045

  • Staff members are available to assist students with writing assignments for any class
  • Self-instruction materials are available
  • APPOINTMENT REQUIRED

Speech Center – 650-3085

  • Graduate students provide assistance with SPC 105 and any other oral presentation assignment
  • Students should call for an appointment
  • Organization and critique of presentations including videotaping for review and practice

Student Opportunities for Academic Results (SOAR) – 650-3790

  • Students must be admitted to the program to receive services
  • Available to first-generation college students, students with a physical or learning disability, or students’ whose families have been declared low income
  • Offers academic advising, tutoring, peer mentoring, quiet study time, and more

ADDITIONAL CAMPUS RESOURCES

Tutoring

  • With individual instructors (visit instructors during office hours!)
  • Departmental tutorial services (check with individual academic departments)
  • Supplemental Instruction for certain courses (usually sciences, mathematics) – check with Instructional Services or academic departments

Counseling Services – Student Success Center, Suite 0220 – 650-2842

  • Workshops on test anxiety, time management, stress management, decision making, assertiveness, and more
  • Student Academic Survival Skills group – call for day/time/location
  • Individual counseling by appointment

Disability Support Services – Student Success Center, Suite 1270 – 650-3726

  • Testing for learning disabilities
  • Resources and assistance for students with diagnosed learning disabilities

Resident Assistants and peers

  • Can form study groups or seek advice from students in same classes or major

Wellness Program – Health Services, Student Success Center, Suite 0220   – 650-2842

  • Workshops on wellness issues, stress management, health issues, alcohol and other drugs, addiction issues
  • Individual assistance by appointment

Family Resource Center, Basement of 420 Cougar Village – 650-5367

  • Quiet space for study, hours by appointment
  • Special programs and support for students with families

Quiet study spaces

  • Student Success Center Study Lounge
  • Cougar Village Commons Building (Conference Room and Multi-Purpose Room may be used by reservation only)
  • Woodland Hall Learning Resource Center (open 24 hours)
  • Prairie Hall Learning Resource Center (open 24 hours)
  • Bluff Hall Learning Resource Center (open 24 hours)
  • Residence Hall Study Lounges (must be with a resident of that building to utilize)
  • Morris University Center – Starbucks or upstairs at study tables
  • Lovejoy Library
  • Classroom buildings (empty classrooms)
  • Edwardsville Public Library
Other Tutoring links for specific supplemental instruction:

http://www.siue.edu/is/math/biol_chem_physics_tutoring.shtml    Science courses

http://www.siue.edu/is/math/acct_econ_tutoring.shtml                  Business courses

http://www.siue.edu/is/math/cs_cmis_ms_tutoring.shtml               CMIS/Computer courses

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