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THE LEARNING CENTER

"Helping UNT Students Take Flight"

The Learning Center is a great place. They provide all sorts of services to UNT students, including:

• Connecting for Success enables students to make use of campus-wide resources that address their academic difficulties. Referrals from academic deans are also a key component of the program.

• Study skills (Reading and Study Skills – RASSL) and speed-reading are separate classes designed to help students improve in areas such as reading comprehension, time management, test taking strategies, and note taking.

• Supplemental Instruction/Tutoring (SI/ST) targets traditionally difficult classes and provides regularly scheduled, out-of-class, group study sessions led by fellow students who have been successful in the class..

• Volunteer Tutor Program Top UNT students volunteer to help other students achieve academic success in basic courses.

• Books and computer software for entrance exam preparation (GMAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT, CLEP) are available for students interested in gaining college credit or attending graduate school. These tests are given at Counseling and Testing.

The tutoring help is especially popular. You can get tutoring in the following topics, as well as some that aren't listed.

Accounting	Biology	Chemistry	Communication
Economics	English	French	Journalism
Math	Political Science	Psychology	RTVF
Spanish	Speech and Hearing Science

For more information, visit the Learning Center Website at http://www.unt.edu/lc/, or call or visit the Center in the Union, Suite 323, (940) 369-7006.