Academic support services are vital to the achievements of our students. Here are the academic support services available to all students, from your first moment on campus to your final days before graduation.
Visit our centers and clinics to meet with faculty, staff, and students who are trained to help you and dedicated to seeing you grow academically.
Shaughnessy Administration Building, Room 130.
Our Academic Success Center will help you chart a clear path to academic success. Our office provides exemplary, holistic advisement, timely and appropriate referrals, and well-coordinated support services, which include:
Sullivan Academic Center, Room 140.
The Math Center services are designed to enhance your math-related learning and success. The center’s peer tutors provide support for all Mathematics Department courses from developmental math through Calculus II, as well as assistance for all other courses with mathematical components.
No appointment necessary; just drop in.
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Sullivan Academic Center, Room 302B.
The Spanish Clinic offers free tutoring services by trained, upper-level Spanish majors. Appointments are not necessary, and you are free to use the lab on an informal basis to enhance your listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural skills.
Sullivan Academic Center, Room 306.
Our Writing Center, staffed by friendly, knowledgeable peer consultants, is a space where students have productive conversations about their writing. If you do not want to meet with a consultant, you can use the Center as a space to relax, do independent writing (on paper or one of the computers), or print your essays.
All services at the Writing Center are offered free of charge.
For more information about how to schedule an appointment and about the kind of work you will be doing with our trained consultants, visit the Writing Center or email the Center at writingcenter@worcester.edu.
We provide a broad range of computing resources to our student community. In addition to several departmental labs on campus, you will find an open lab with fully-networked Windows PCs on the third floor of the Learning Resources Center.
°Õ³ó±ðÌýMath Center is available for students in need of tutoring for specific Math courses.
The Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Program is available for supplemental academic support in specific Science and Technology courses.
The Writing Center is a great resource for students that need assistance with a writing assignment for any course.
The Spanish Clinic is available for students that need support with Spanish courses.
In addition to course and content-specific support, students are encouraged to attend the Academic Success Center’s workshops for new college students, New to Woo. These workshops are created and presented in collaboration with current 91²Ö¿â students, and help students navigate their first semester. These group sessions focus on the skills needed to be a successful college student, along with timely information regarding campus technology, advising/registration, and more!
91²Ö¿â offers a variety of testing services for Worcester State students.
The Academic Success Center offers College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams by appointment to 91²Ö¿â students.
91²Ö¿â awards a maximum of 60 credits through the CLEP exam process towards an undergraduate degree.
To prepare for a CLEPÂ test:
To register for a CLEPÂ test:
Students interested in studying Spanish at 91²Ö¿â who have previous knowledge of or exposure to Spanish should contact the Director of Spanish Placement, Dr. Elizabeth Osborne, at the Department of World Languages for appropriate placement assessment (eosborne1@worcester.edu). The cost-free placement assessment consists of short multiple-choice questions and a brief interview that will allow students with previous exposure to the language to register for courses above SP 101 and/or waive course prerequisites.
