Academic Advising
Will I have an Academic Adviser?
All students enrolled as degree candidates at Hood have an academic adviser to assist them with their academic plans and progress. Faculty members serve as advisers to degree candidates. First-year students and sophomores are not assigned to a major field adviser but are advised by a special group of faculty who has expressed interest in working with students at the pre-major level. Once majors are declared in the spring of the sophomore year, students are reassigned to an adviser in the major discipline.
Transfer students who declare their major upon entering Hood are assigned an academic adviser in their major field. The staff in Hood's Center for Academic Achievement and Retention acts as advisers to Hood Start students (high school students enrolled in courses at the College).
Upon entering the College, first-year students and transfer students who have not declared a major are assigned to a faculty adviser in the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Group. Students are encouraged to explore various subjects or disciplines during their first year and a half at Hood. In the second semester of the sophomore year, or upon earning 56 credits and being in good academic standing, students declare a major and are assigned an adviser in their major. Juniors or seniors who wish to change advisers should contact the Registrar.
For more information contact:
Herbert English
Director, The Josephine Steiner Center for Academic Achievement & Retention
(301) 696-3550
englishh@hood.edu
Math Skills Support
The following options are available for students seeking Math skills support:
- Peer tutoring is available Sunday-Friday in Room 310A on the third floor of Rosenstock.
Sign-up sheets are posted in the hallway near the entrance to Room 310A.
- Tutoring is also available from the Math Skills Coordinator, Karen Nalley, in The Center for Academic Achievement and Retention on the third floor of Rosenstock. Sign-up sheets are posted at the entrance to RO 330.
For more information contact:
Karen Nalley, Math Skills Coordinator
(301) 696-3419
nalley@hood.edu
Tutoring Services
Do you need assistance in a course?
What tutors can do:
- Help clarify assignments
- Suggest possible approaches to solving problems
- Illustrate how to correct grammatical or structural problems
- Support the Honor Code
What tutors cannot do:
- Your homework
- Solve problems for you
- Edit or revise papers
- Help with take-home tests
Meeting with a tutor:
- Sign up for an appointment on posted sign-up sheets.
- Bring a copy of your assignment
- Bring your textbook
- Bring specific questions for the tutor
- Call to cancel an appointment if you cannot make it
- Arrive on time; appointments are for 30 minutes
Scheduling Tutoring Sessions
- Mathematics: Sign-up sheets are posted on the column near the entrance to Room 310A in Rosenstock.
- Writing: Sign-up sheets are near the entrance to Suite 330 in Rosenstock.
- Foreign Language: Sign-up sheets are posted outside Room 222 in Tatem.
- All Other Subjects: Contact your instructor or the chairperson of the academic department.
Workshops
Workshops are available by request. The following is a sampling topics offered:
- Time Management
- Test Taking Skills
- Note Taking
- Fighting Procrastination
- Setting Goals
- Career Decisions
For more information or to request a workshop, contact:
Donna Harrison, Writing Skills Coordinator
(301) 696-33422
harrisond@hood.edu