The Math Center focuses on expanding on course content, building skill competence and confidence, and study skills. The Math Center is not:

• A replacement for professor/instructor office hours. If you are having trouble with a mathematics course, your first step is to seek your professor/instructor and seek his/her help. Follow his/her recommendations.
• A solution factory for graded assignments. Tutors must follow the Math Center and the professor/instructor guidelines in assisting students with graded work. Until the coordinator of the Center is given the specifics by the professor/instructor, a tutor "hands-off graded work" policy will be enforced.
• A substitute lecture for a missed class. Tutors are not instructors and therefore cannot lecture or teach material. They can assist in understanding concepts, though, and clarifying confusions and misconceptions.
• A place where weeks of classes, homework and study can be made up with a tutor just prior to a test. At test time, priority must be given to students that use the Center on a regular basis. It's not possible to do well on a college mathematics or statistics exam if one has not been working or keeping up with the material all along.

Who Can Use the Math Center?

To use the Math Center an individual must be a currently-enrolled UNI student who is enrolled in a Liberal Arts Core mathematics or science course. On the first visit, students must complete a Math Center Registration Form. When visiting the Math Center, students must bring the following:

• The official text of the course
• Course syllabus
• The course assignment

Students who utilize services in the Center must sign in and sign out each time they visit. If a student signs in to use the Math Center and then needs to see the staff of the Writing Center, the Reading Center or another entity in the Academic Learning Center, they must sign out from the Math Center and sign in to use the other service.