College isn't easy. If you need a little extra help, that's OK—we're here to help.
It is common for students to need a hand. Courses are more challenging than high school, and living on your own isn't easy.
That's exactly why the University of Iowa and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offer a variety of academic and support resources to meet you where you are and help you succeed.
Explore some of the academic and study resources available to you as a Hawkeye, in addition to other important campus services like financial aid, legal advice, career services, and more.
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Tutoring and help centers
Supplemental tutoring across many subjects is available at several help centers and in departments across the college and campus.
Student success workshops
From study tips to time management and test-taking advice, workshops are available across campus each semester.
Learning at Iowa
Learn how to learn with these helpful online resources that teach you how to study and manage your time.
Writing Center
Get advice on brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing your papers and presentations. Submit your draft or schedule an appointment.
Student success workshops
This session will provide a structured opportunity to reflect on your semester and evaluate how effective you have been with your learning so far. You will then identify specific steps and strategies you can use for the rest of the semester to accomplish your academic goals.
Presented by Learning at Iowa
In this workshop you will learn more about SDS and what we do. You will learn about different types of disabilities; the application process; common accommodations; our academic support programs; and how we may be able to help you.
Presented by Student Disability Services
This session will provide you with tools to begin budgeting as a college student and plan for future expenses. We will also cover basics of financial aid how to navigate the financial aid process.
Presented by the Office of Student Financial Aid
Students will learn about various academic support resources at the University of Iowa and why it’s important to use them and will develop a plan for instructor’s office hours.
Offered and beneficial throughout the whole semester.
Intended Audience: All students can find this workshop helpful, but students earlier in their academic career may benefit more than ones later in their career.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Students will develop a method for how to study, learn about the study timeline, and be equipped with practical study strategies that they can use throughout their academic career.
This workshop is most beneficial between weeks 1-12 of the semester (Before Fall Break/January-March).
Intended Audience: All students can find this workshop helpful as there are skills that can be applied to all types of course and at all levels.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Students will learn strategies for reading textbooks and scholarly articles and methods for taking notes in class.
This workshop is most beneficial between weeks 1-12 of the semester (Before Fall Break/January-March).
Intended Audience: All students can benefit from this workshop as reading and lectures are common across many courses.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Students will learn about resiliency, including what it is, why it is important, the barriers to being resilient, and how to apply strategies to bounce back in times of stress.
Offered and beneficial throughout the whole semester.
Intended Audience: All students – even ones who are not currently battling through stress.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Students will learn about the 5 daily habits that can help them with their academic success.
This workshop is most beneficial between weeks 1-10 of the semester (August-October/January-March).
Intended Audience: This workshop is targeted for students early in their academic careers to help set them up for success early. Student organizations might benefit from other workshops that focus on more specific skills.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Students will learn how to effectively prioritize, create a time management plan, and other practical tips for managing time and commitments.
Offered and beneficial throughout the whole semester.
Intended Audience: All students can benefit from this workshop as these skills can be applied widely, even after graduation.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Students will learn how to apply metacognition to help them study for midterm exams, plan study sessions and commitments around exams, and mentally prepare for exams.
This workshop is most beneficial between weeks 1-11 of the semester (Before Fall Break/January-March).
Intended Audience: All students can find this workshop helpful as there are skills that can be applied to all types of course and at all levels.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Students will learn how to apply metacognition to help them prepare for final exams, apply effective time management practices for the end of the semester, develop a study schedule, and start mental preparation for before, during, and after final exams.
This workshop is most beneficial between weeks 11-15 of the semester (After Fall Break/April).
Intended Audience: All students can find this workshop helpful as there are skills that can be applied to all types of course and at all levels.
Presented by: Academic Support and Retention
Fall 2024 Workshops
Time Management:
- Thursday, October 10th
- 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. at 1112Q UCC
Tackle Midterms Like a Pro:
- Monday, October 14th
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. at 1112Q UCC
Resiliency:
- Wednesday, November 13th
- 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. at 1112Q UCC
Tackle Final Exams Like a Pro:
- Tuesday, November 19th
- 3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. at 1112Q UCC
Tutoring and help centers
The Chemistry Fraternity offers free private or small group tutoring upon request for undergraduate chemistry and STEM related courses.
The Academic Resource Center offers supplemental instruction in a number of gateway courses. These sessions take place in the academic resource center unless noted. It is located in the ground floor of the Iowa Memorial Union. The center also offers tutoring referrals and other help.
The Art Library offers a variety of services, both in-person and online.
The Center for Language and Culture Learning contains facilities for video production and editing, spaces for small group and collaborative work, a lab with 24 computers, and a large lounge for studying, workshops, conversation hours, and tutoring sessions.
TAs are available to assist students in their chemistry courses at the Chemistry Center. Students also utilize this space to prepare for exams, get help on homework, work on laboratory reports, and general study.
TAs hold office hours for their courses in the Chemistry Center. Other resources in the room include student computers, alternate textbooks, and modeling kits.
The Department of Computer Science offers tutors who are experts in related courses. Visit the department website for contact information.
Staffed by several graduate student advisors every semester, the History Writing Center is available to any student in a history course needing assistance with a writing assignment.
University of Iowa Libraries offer a variety of services, both in-person and online. Research Consultations and The SEAM: undergraduate research assistance is available online and in-person through Students Engage at Main.
The Math Tutorial Lab provides students with the opportunity to receive one-on-one help from tutors ready and able to answer questions and gets over 5,000 student visits each semester.
Do you need some extra academic support to pass your nursing coursework? Upper-class BSN students lead weekly peer to peer instruction in prerequisite nursing foundation courses until final exam week.
All students are welcome to attend the Physics and Astronomy Help Center at any time during operating hours to get help with courses in the department.
The Rita Benton Music Library offers many services to students, both in-person and online.
The UI Sciences Library contains collections for biology, chemistry, geoscience, physics, and psychology.
The Student Center, located in the Adler Journalism Building, is a place for students to study, relax between classes, work on group projects, check e-mail, do research, and browse key publications in the field of journalism and mass communications.
The Statistics Tutorial Lab makes extra help available in introductory statistics courses. We help with:
- STAT:1010, Statistics and Society
- STAT:1020, Elementary Statistics and Inference
- STAT:1030, Statistics for Business
- STAT:2020, Probability & Statistics for Engineering & Physical Science
Supplemental Instruction is offered for a variety of courses to help you succeed both inside and outside of the classroom.
The Tippie College of Business offers support and tutoring for several of its undergraduate business courses.
TRIO serves students who have a demonstrated academic need and are first-generation, low-income, or have a verified disability. TRIO students may request free tutoring.
Tutor Iowa is a centralized all-campus website used to find academic help labs, supplemental instruction, and private tutors.
Private tutors have completed Tutor Iowa Orientation, meet the required GPA and other standards. Private tutors do charge a fee.
You will find a variety of resources on this website across all areas of campus.
Writing Center consultants will work with you on all kinds of writing projects, as well as on speeches and presentations. Schedule an appointment, drop-in, or submit your work for feedback.
Additional resources across campus
The Academic Advising Center strives to help each student make a successful transition to the University of Iowa, explore their interests and possibilities, develop an appropriate academic plan, and engage in educationally meaningful experiences. First year students are advised here until they reach 30 semester hours and have a major. From there, they are transferred to an advisor in the college.
This site provides various resources to apply the Three Ms to your learning and become a more successful student. We encourage you to explore the handouts, self-assessments, and videos linked here and reach out to us with any questions or if you would like to learn more.
Mentoring at Iowa provides resources to connect mentors and mentees and help them make the most of their experience together.
The Office for Access and Support (OAS) offers academic specialists available to support students throughout all
aspects of their college experience. They also provide free tutoring for qualified students through TRIO student support services.
Office of Civil Rights Compliance (OCRC) coordinates the university's response to reports of sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking when those reports involve members or visitors to the campus community. Call or visit the website to report or talk with someone.
The campus career center offers career coaching, leadership and career related academic courses, experiential education, and campus recruiting. Hawkeyes can take advantage of these services from their first-year until well after they graduate.
Student-Athlete Academic Services assistants student-athletes with making timely and satisfactory progress toward their degrees. This can include, but is not limited to, academic advisement, tutorial and instructional support as well as educational programming.
This site provides listings for campus and community resources that help support basic needs. Food insecurity, child care, health and wellness, mental health, and others are examples of resources you'll find in the directory.
SDS provides support and academic accommodations for students with disabilities and collaborates with students, faculty, and staff to create an accessible educational environment for all.
The University of Iowa offers an affordable, high-quality education. The Office of Student Financial Aid will assist you with the costs of your educational investment. In includes a committed team of professionals who work in partnership with you, providing information on available options and assisting you with the financial aid process.
Student Legal Services provides legal advice and representation from licensed attorneys for currently enrolled University of Iowa students. The services are free and confidential. Students contact SLS for assistance with landlord-tenant issues, criminal charges, traffic tickets, name changes, expungement, notarization of documents and more.