All students are encouraged to take advantage of learning enrichment on campus.
Find success with learning enrichment.
See programs listed below.
Report to office hours & course discussions
Students can bring specific questions about course topics to discuss with their instructor or TA during office hours or during course discussion sections. Dates and times to report can be found in a course’s syllabus or on ELMS-Canvas.
If a student earns a midterm grade of U or below C-, then they should report to their instructor or TA’s office hours for learning enrichment.
Come prepared and bring specific questions about course topics for discussion.
Start or join a study group
Students can always work out specific questions or challenges with their peers during a group study session.
Guided Study Sessions (GSS)
The Guided Study Sessions (GSS) Program offers free, regularly scheduled group review sessions for students in traditionally rigorous courses.
Based on the Supplemental Instruction (SI) model, trained peer facilitators plan and hold two, 50-minute study sessions per week to help you practice and put difficult material in perspective. GSS Leaders have previously taken your course and earned an A, so they know what it takes to stay on track in lectures and prepare for exams. Go once, a few times, or attend every session—it’s never too late to start attending GSS.
Data suggest that students who attend GSS more frequently earn higher course grades.
Academic Coaching
Optimize your academic success with personalized study plans or schedules, study and learning strategies, time management skills and tools, and other campus learning resources.
Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education (OMSE)
Study for your STEM courses with tutors from the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education (OMSE).
Academic Success & Tutorial Services Programs (ASTS)
The Academic Success & Tutorial Services (ASTS) program provides free peer tutoring for historically rigorous courses in areas such as: biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, statistics, and physics.
Veterans STEM Assistance
If you're a current veteran or military-connected student seeking personalized support in your STEM courses, the STEM Veteran Assistance Program at the University of Maryland is here for you.
They offer tutoring services for introductory courses in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science.
Alpha Chi Sigma (AXS)
Explore tutoring options from Alpha Chi Sigma (AXS)—Maryland’s Professional Chemistry Fraternity (co-ed).
American Chemical Society (ACS)
[PAID OPTIONS] Receive tutoring from the American Chemical Society (ACS)—a student chapter that promotes the interests of science and chemistry on campus and in the community through social, service, and professional development.
Math Success Program
The Math Success Program offers free, drop-in coaching to UMD Students for math and math-related courses (such as chemistry) via the Teaching and Learning Transformation Center (TLTC).
TimeKeeper Resource Suite
Learn effective skills for time management with strategies for proactive planning and task building inspired by David Allen’s Get It Done philosophy.
Private tutors by discipline
CHEMISTRY
Contact the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Programs Office
office: 1526 Chemistry Bldg | phone: 301-405-1791
