A Guide to Tutoring and
Academic Success Resources and Services

The Undergraduate Catalog: Academic Policies and Procedures section provides information pertaining to undergraduate academic advising, academic integrity and student conduct codes, academic records and regulations, degree information, prior learning credit, registration, and transfer credit.

Accessibility and Disability Service (ADS) (0106 Shoemaker) provides academic support to students with a documented disability. Services include extended exam time; private space; assistive technology; computer access during an exam; enlarged print, calculators; and more.

Campus Mentoring Big Program is sponsored by the Black Student Union and advised through the MICA Graduate Coordinator for Black Student Involvement & Advocacy. Through offering a personal relationship with an older, experienced student, as well as creating a structured and intentional experience throughout student’s first year of college, the program strives to encourage the persistence of students beyond the first and most difficult year of college.

The College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Peer Mentors (0100 Symons Hall) provides students the opportunity to speak with a fellow AGNR student about course selection, registration, and 4-year plan and Benchmark development. 

Peer2Peer (P2P) Mentoring Program: The Transfer and Off-Campus Student Life (TOCSL) offers a Peer 2 Peer (P2P) Mentoring Program. As peer mentors, the TOCSL Engagement & Learning Assistants are former transfer and/or off-campus students who provide 1:1 mentoring to transfer and off-campus students throughout the semester. Students can either sign-up for the program for an assigned peer mentor or use drop-in hours listed on the TOCSL website.

Guided Study Session program (GSS) offers regularly scheduled study sessions for traditionally difficult courses.

University Libraries offers spaces, services and collections for students of all levels and every major. Get one-on-one research assistance from helpful librarians, log into hundreds of subject-specific resources, reserve a group study space, find a quiet study corner, borrow a laptop, and so much more. You can even get help with services such as GIS or 3D printing.

The University Libraries' LGBT Studies Research Guide and Tutorial contains information on resources the University Library has available to students, such as databases on LGBT topics to better support research.
The LGBT Equity Center Resource Library offers over 3000 volumes of books, videos, and magazines.

The Oral Communication Center helps students with speaking assignments and hosts workshops on topics such as listening, speaking anxiety, and presentation delivery. The center is staffed by trained undergraduate peer consultants.

The UMD Resource Directory is a listing and description of campus services keyed to the academic, personal, and interpersonal competencies conducive to success as a University of Maryland student. The resources found here encompass issues related to academic, vocational, personal, and interpersonal development.

The Undergraduate Catalog: Student Resources and Services section provides a comprehensive listing of academic resources and services and student programs and services.

The Student Success Office offers services and resources to assist students in completing their undergraduate degrees. Services include: coordinating reenrollment, centralizing resources for students, retention initiatives.

Peer2Peer (P2P) Mentoring Program: The Transfer and Off-Campus Student Life (TOCSL) offers a Peer 2 Peer (P2P) Mentoring Program. As peer mentors, the TOCSL Engagement & Learning Assistants are former transfer and/or off-campus students who provide 1:1 mentoring to transfer and off-campus students throughout the semester. Students can either sign-up for the program for an assigned peer mentor or use drop-in hours listed on the TOCSL website.

Transfer2Terp (T2T) Learning Community: The Transfer2Terp Learning Community offers first-semester transfer students the opportunity to take HESI310, a 3-credit upper-level course designed to translate your previous success into a strong start at Maryland. T2T students work alongside faculty and staff to achieve a seamless transition into the campus life and culture. First-semester transfer students are able to register for the course on Testudo.

The Transitional Advising Program - TAP (1117 Hornbake Library) provides comprehensive academic advising services to currently-enrolled high-credit (60+) students moving between colleges. The TAP Coordinator will help students identify major options through career exploration and transcript analysis.

Veterans STEM Assistance Program (1112 Cole Field House) works with student veterans seeking to meet their academic needs in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), in addition to assisting veterans’ readjustment to academic life. Includes tutoring sessions and workshops.

Veteran Student Life mentorship program, PAVE (Peer Advisors for Veteran Education), is offered through Terp Vets Program and through the Veterans Center (1112 Cole Field House). All incoming student veterans are automatically enrolled in PAVE and paired with a peer mentor. However, if you are a student veteran and not currently in PAVE, you can contact dmreese@umd.edu or veteranstudentlife@umd.edu to get set up into the system.