Units: 0: Lecture Hours: 8 – 9, Lab Hours: 0
Prerequisites: None
Co-Requisites: None
Advisory: None
This course is designed to train students to be peer tutors and to develop skills that are useful in other professional, personal, and academic settings. Topics include communication styles and skills, facilitative teaching, study skills, differentiated learning styles, problem-solving skills, FERPA guidelines, tutoring ethics, conflict-resolution strategies, emotional intelligence, and student support services. Students who successfully complete the course are eligible to apply for peer tutor positions; however, course completion does not guarantee employment.
Units: 0; Lecture Hours: 8 – 9, Lab Hours: 0
Prerequisites: NCTU 001
Co-Requisites: NCTU 001
Advisory: None
This course trains students in the knowledge and skills related to tutoring writing, and develops skills that are useful in other professional, personal, and academic settings. Topics include tutoring all stages of the writing process, writing across the curriculum, high and low order revision priorities, respecting and developing a writer’s authentic voice, identifying and addressing grammar patterns, research strategies, and proper documentation. Students who successfully complete the course can apply to be hired as peer writing tutors; however, course completion does not guarantee employment.