Humanities Peer Tutoring 

Sign up for a 20-minute one-on-one session with a peer tutor to discuss any essay-related concerns you may have.

Online tutoring: Book an appointment through Calendly. Please note: You must sign up at least 12 hours before the session. There is a limit of one tutoring session per day (extra signups will be deleted).

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our coordinators directly at humpeertutors@ucsd.edu. Good luck on your essay and we look forward to working with you!

If you have successfully completed HUM 2 and are looking for an opportunity to help other HUM students, consider applying to be a Humanities Peer Tutor! Applications are accepted on a rolling-basis.

Peer Tutors conduct tutoring sessions and workshops, demonstrating a strong understanding of the HUM writing principles and a desire to help their peers. Peer Tutors will go through training to cover the specific ways to assist students and are responsible for attending sessions (and providing availability) during essay weeks and providing writing instruction to students in one-on-one sessions. For any specific questions about the position, please contact humpeertutors@ucsd.edu.

Benefits as a tutor.

Tutors will receive tangible certificates:

• A certificate of completion per quarter fulfilled as a Humanities Peer Tutor.
• A Co-Curricular Record subject to different requirements.

Tutors receive training and experience with key skills of:

• Communication: Tutors learn to provide clear, constructive feedback to students, as well as frequent communication with co-coordinators
• Content mastery: Expertise in core English writing concepts as well as principles of style and concision in essay writing
• Facilitation: Tutors are trained to guide students into strengthening their content understanding and writing, with an emphasis on facilitation and explanation of core concepts.
• Leadership: Tutors contribute to the Revelle community by leading one-on-one meetings to help support students. Becoming a tutor also allows the opportunity to lead workshops and apply to become program Coordinator.

Requirements as a tutor.

• For the quarterly certificate of completion, tutors must dedicate 6 hours per quarter to the program—six one-on-one sessions. These 6 hours must be fulfilled 1-hour per week, through Weeks 3-8.

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