Become a Tutor!

If you're interested in helping your fellow students in Computer Science, building you interpersonal skills, and gain some valuable teaching experience, we urge you to become a CS Tutor. Furthermore, you receive up to units (ECS 197T) for your tutoring services.

We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2019. Deadline for applications is Sunday, September 22, 2019.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/FDaVYw8kPTXDA2iTA

Requirements

If you wish to apply to be a CS Tutor, you must satisfy the following requirements:

1. Be a registered UC Davis student for the quarter they wish to tutor
2. Must be in good academic standing
3. Should have at least Junior standing (complete at least 84 units)
4. Must have a CS GPA of at least 3.0
5. If you wish to tutor a lower division course (example: ECS 36C), you must have gotten at least a letter grade of B+
6. If you wish to tutor an upper division course (example: ECS 120), you must have gotten at least a letter grade of A-

ECS 197T (Tutoring) Units

All of our tutors receive units on behalf of their tutoring services. As a tutor, you get to choose the number of units (while filling out your application) you receive per quarter. You can either choose to receive 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 units every quarter.

For every unit you receive, you are expected to tutor a total of 3 hours per week. For example, if you chose to get 0.5 units, you would tutor 1.5 hours every week. If you get 2 units, then you should tutor a total of 6 hours per week.

Unless you are receiving 0.5 units, every other tutor (1, 2, 3 units) should also host a midterm/final exam review session. Review sessions are helpful for students to review the key concepts right before their exam. Moreover, hosting review sessions is different than a simple 1-1 tutoring and would get you comfortable speaking in front of a large audience. If you are worried about hosting a review session alone, then don't! We typically pair 2-3 tutors to host a review session.

If you choose to get 0.5 units, then your only requirement is to tutor for 1.5 hours per week. Hosting review sessions is completely optional (but recommended!)

What if I do not have Junior standing?

If you do not have junior standing yet and still wish to apply to be a tutor, then go ahead and fill out the application. Mention why you wish to be considered in the comments section. We do accept (in exception) freshmen and sophomores to tutor with us. Unfortunately, you will not be eligible to receive ECS197T units.