EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Mathematics Center

The Mathematics Center offers help and support for all math classes taught at Oxford College One-on-one tutoring from both faculty and student tutors are available Mondays through Thursdays in the afternoon (see the website referred to below for specific times).

Tutoring can be done either by appointment or on a drop-in basis. Students are encouraged to use the center as a place to do their math homework, asking questions of the faculty and student tutors as needed. For further information or for additional help and resources for some courses (in the form of written and video tutorials), please refer to the Mathematics Center website at mathcenter.oxford.emory.edu.

Multilingual and English Language Learners

The First-Year Writing Program offers dedicated sections of first-year writing designed for students for whom English is an additional language (English 186: Writing and Inquiry in the Liberal Arts for Multilingual Students). Students in this course engage in the same intensive practice in academic reading, writing, and research as students in other sections of first-year writing, but do so with other multilingual students and under the guidance of a professor with expertise in teaching English language learners. The course has a smaller class size and includes a dedicated undergraduate writing fellow. One-on-one tutoring is also available through the Writing & Communication Center.

Supplemental Instruction

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is an academic assistance program that targets historically difficult courses at Oxford College. Faculty select and SI hires, trains, and oversees student leaders who have demonstrated mastery of course material and leadership skills to lead weekly review sessions in future semesters. SI is designed to help any student, not just the students who are not doing well in the class. On average, evidence supports that regularly attending SI sessions can increase a student’s grade by a half to a full letter grade.

Writing & Communication Center

The Oxford Writing & Communication Center (OWCC) supports all forms of student communication, including written, oral, visual, and electronic — whether for classroom, professional, public, or personal purposes — through individual tutoring sessions, college-wide workshops, and an onsite library of resources. The OWCC’s peer tutors are trained to support writing, presentations, or multimedia assignments for any class; they are also available at any point in the process, from brainstorming to argument development to revision to polishing. Its mission is to help students grow as flexible communicators and thinkers. The OWCC offers in-person, virtual, and dropbox tutoring. Visit Pierce 117 to reserve an appointment, or visit https://oxford.mywconline.com to view our online scheduling system.