Developmental Studies Department Academic Support Services

The Department of Developmental Studies offers a number of services through the Center for Learning Enhancement, including Supplemental Instruction and Walk-In Peer Tutoring.

See a list of those academic support services below. For information about peer educator and peer adviser positions, see our Employment section.
Educational Advisement
Provides students with both curricular and educational advisement.
Freshman Year Experience
A program of one-credit courses designed to help incoming Freshman adjust to college classes and study.
Linked Courses Program
Coordinates clusters of courses designed to form a learning community of students for whom course content may be linked by theme.
Act 101
State-funded program which allocates funds to Pennsylvania schools that operate an Act 101 program at their institution.
Supplemental Instruction
SI provides small-group study/review sessions for sections of courses with difficult content or high levels of failure and withdrawal rates. Peer leaders guide students on how to learn course content.
First-Year Seminars
Seminars to enhance the student experience and academic success at IUP
Peer Tutoring
Trained paraprofessional peer educators provide individual and small group assistance with how to learn content for mathematics, natural sciences, and various Liberal Studies courses.