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Special Services

Find out which relevant services are available to students in your class and tell students how and why they might make use of these services. Include the phone number, location, and hours of the service. There are some academic services available to students on a campus-wide basis which may be helpful to students in your class. There are also some services available at the college or department level.

University-Wide Services

Some University-wide services which are frequently included in syllabi because they offer assistance which is relevant to a wide variety of courses are:

Explicitly telling students how these services are relevant to your class and guiding them in using the service appropriately will increase the likelihood that students will use them.

Examples

Because this class will use multiple choice exams for both the mid-term and final evaluation, students who feel they have trouble with this kind of testing might wish to call The Learning and Academic Skills Center (LASC) and ask what services they have to help students learn to be effective test-takers.

- Center for Teaching and Learning Services

After you have completed your first draft, you may wish to make an appointment with a writing lab tutor. Bring a copy of the assignment with you for the tutor to read as well as your draft. The tutors will offer suggestions as to how you might revise the paper for better clarity and how to make this paper better fulfill your purposes and the requirements of the assignment. Make the appointment early enough to allow yourself time to incorporate the tutor's suggestions into your final paper.

- Center for Teaching and Learning Services

As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce a student's ability to participate in daily activities. University of Minnesota services are available to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. You can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus via http://www.mentalhealth.umn.edu/.

- Developed and endorsed by the Provost Committee on Student Mental Health, June 2006 

College or Departmental Services

You should also include information about services which are offered at the college or department level. If you are new to the University of Minnesota, ask your department head or an experienced colleague about tutoring or other support services available to your students. If your college or department offers a tutoring service, you may wish to talk with one of the tutors or the director of the service to learn more about the type of help they provide. This information will help you create a customized statement about how students in your class can best use the services offered.

Example

Writing Tutor

As a part of the History department's commitment to using intensive writing to enhance undergraduate education, tutoring services are available for undergraduates in history courses. Students may visit the tutor at any point in the writing process - for help getting started with an assignment, feedback on drafts, etc. The tutor is also willing to help students draft responses to practice exam questions. This service is available to any student interested in improving his/her writing skills, at any level of proficiency. For more information, or to make an appointment, contact:

History Writing Tutor

  • Office hours:
  • Days and times:
  • Office location:
  • Phone number:
  • E-mail address:

- Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner, History 1012: Introduction to World History

Center for Teaching and Learning