Supplemental instruction (SI) is a nationally recognized, peer-facilitated learning support program.
Through this program, an undergraduate SI leader attends class with you every day and then leads review sessions two nights a week. Since SI leaders are in the class, they know the material covered and the professor expectations, and they customize the review sessions accordingly. Through SI, you'll have opportunities to get additional practice, ask questions about course material and build confidence.
SI is available to all students in a course section that has an assigned SI leader.
What to Expect from SI Sessions
SI review sessions:
- Provide times for structured practice as well as an open question and answer session.
- Provide opportunities to practice and review class content in a small group setting.
- Are drop-in based and appointments are not required to attend.
- Take place in different locations across campus.
- Are not a replacement for a student's class or their professor. The SI leader may refer students to their instructor for clarification of materials.
Students may attend as many review sessions as they like.
What to Expect from SI Leaders
SI leaders are students who have completed the course they are leading with a grade of "A". The leaders then retake the course, attend all class lectures and host two regularly scheduled review sessions outside of class each week. SI leaders are not instructors and are not expected to know everything.
Students interested in becoming SI leaders should speak with the faculty member teaching that course and then apply through Handshake.
Course Offerings
SI review sessions are specific to a section or section(s) of a course. In some instances, not all sections of a course will include SI. You may attend any SI session for any course section in which you are registered.
The specific list of courses offered changes each semester. In general, courses typically include:
- ACC 201: Accounting Information for Business Decisions I
- ACC 305: Intermediate Financial Accounting
- BIO 151: Concepts of Biology 1
- BIO 152: Concepts of Biology 2
- CHM 123: General Chemistry
- CHM 124: General Chemistry
- CHM 313: Organic Chemistry
- CHM 314: Organic Chemistry
- CPS 150: Algorithms & Programming 1
- CPS 151: Algorithms & Programming 2
- ECO 203: Principles of Microeconomics
- ECO 204: Principles of Macroeconomics
- EGM 202: Dynamics
- EGR 201: Engineering Mechanics
- HST 103: Global History
- IET 317: Industrial Economic & Financial Analysis
- MEE 202: Engineering Thermodynamics
- MTH 114: Contemporary Mathematics
- MTH 116: Precalculus Mathematics
- MTH 129: Calculus for Business
- MTH 207: Intro to Statistics
- PHY 201: College Physics 1
- PHY 206: General Physics 1
- PSY 101: Elementary Statistics
- PSY 216: Elementary Statistics
Current students should visit Porches to view SI sections offered this semester.