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The Learning Centers' Academic Coaching program offers a number of online learning modules on Canvas that can be completed asynchronously on your own time. You will also earn digital badges for completing each of the modules. We currently have online learning modules for the following topics:

• How to succeed in online courses
• Time management
• Academic integrity
• Study strategies
• Metacognition
• Mindset
• Math without fear
• Note taking

For descriptions on each of the modules and instructions on how to enroll, please visit the Learning Centers' Online Modules page.

The Learning Centers offer academic coaching through individual appointments, small group meetings, and workshops. Academic coaches help students develop the skills they need to succeed, like study strategies, time management, and problem-solving. Services are available in-person and online, free of charge to all RU students.

The French placement test helps advisors determine your skill level in French and the appropriate course level for you. You are required to take the placement test to receive credit if you have two years or more of High School French or two semesters of college-level French.

About Placement Testing

Undergraduate advisors in French can help you identify the course offerings that best meet your learning needs. We will be happy to help you plan your major or minor (kindly schedule an advising appointment at your convenience).

Advisors have office hours during the semester and additional office hours during the periods leading to registration.

Douglass Residential College provides DRC students with professional staff mentors. Mentors adopt a holistic approach, connecting students to relevant academic opportunities, resources for career development, and leadership possibilities. Students may wish to continue working with their assigned mentors throughout their years at Douglass, or find other mentors in areas closer to their majors.

The Eagleton Fellowship offers select Rutgers graduate students the opportunity to further their understanding of government, public affairs, and the practice of politics. All Rutgers graduate students are eligible to apply for this one-year, interdisciplinary certificate program.

Academic Coaching for International Students is facilitated by a Peer Coach (PC). The PC facilitates class discussions about students’ current academic practices and potential new strategies. These conversations draw from students’ experiences and build upon their skills and knowledge framed within prior and current coursework. PCs introduce new strategies and hold students accountable for creating goals, implementing new ones, refining existing strategies and techniques, and tracking their progress.

Peer academic coaching helps students prioritize and plan their studies and overcome barriers to their academic success. This program is led by trained juniors and seniors who have taught the Rutgers First-Year Transition course (RU-FYT).

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) prepares students to solve challenging societal problems. Focused on access, academic excellence, and research, SEBS EOF cultivates students' capacity to make adaptive changes in their educational development and overcome historic socioeconomic factors that challenge their potential for success. SEBS EOF provides services that assist students in navigating the complexities of an academic and social climate within a global environment, and help facilitate an understanding of what is required to succeed in college as a science major. We educate researchers, scientists, and health professionals, promoting learning outcomes that produce first-generation college graduates and high-achieving STEM professionals.

Designed to strengthen the quality of undergraduate and graduate instruction through the preparation of graduate student teaching assistants on matters pertaining to classroom management, pedagogical best practices, and professionalism in higher education. The fundamental components upon which it is built include annual orientations, certificate programs, and seminar courses.