All six TCC campuses have tutoring resources for students who need extra help throughout the academic year.
Each campus has a lab center for at least five subjects with multiple services are offered.
The labs open at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday. They close at 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday.
All campuses have a math center equipped with tutors who can assist students with the math courses offered. The labs may provide calculators and other related supplies.
Connect students also have Brainfuse online tutoring available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students also have access to the Hispanic Educational Technology Service, which supports Hispanic and Latino student success and opportunities in higher education.
The NW Math Center is located in the newest building of the campus NW05.
“I’m so glad they’re open late during the week,” NW student Letticia Maldonado said. “I walked in at 8 p.m. needing help with my statistics homework that was due the next day and a tutor was able to
help me.”
NE offers a CISCO lab that provides assistance with cybersecurity, computer programming and Microsoft Office applications courses.
TR has an American Sign Language center, while the other TCC campuses offer a language center that provides assistance with Spanish and French.
“I am a native Spanish speaker, so I decided to take the CLEP (College Level Examination Program) to skip having to take the language courses,” student Sonia Ward said. “The staff at the language lab
was very kind. I’m grateful this is offered.”
Aside from tutoring, the science centers on each campus offer services such as
assistance with practice tests, microscopes and anatomical models. The science subjects include biology, anatomy, chemistry, geology and physics.
Each campus has a writing center available for students. Periodically, each campus hosts workshops to assist students with plagiarism, thesis statements, citations, and other topics. They also provide
reference documents to assist with writing techniques. Tutors are available to read student essays and offer improvement critiques.
South and SE campuses offer accounting labs. South also offers a business support lab, and SE offers an economics lab.
Supplemental instruction labs are scheduled sessions where students help students.
“I always went to the writing lab alone to get my papers checked but my creativity was lacking,” NW student Rosa Aguirre said. “Participating in a supplemental instruction session was so fun, and I was able to come up with new writing ideas during conversation.”
