What are tutorials? How are they different from classes?
Tutorials are student-designed courses wherein juniors and seniors, meet regularly 1:1, or in small groups with faculty in tutorials. Fundamentally different from recurring classes designed by faculty, students have the opportunity to create their own topic and study it in depth in partnership with the faculty member of their choice. For instance, for students to prepare for a tutorial in Environmental Studies, and benefit fully from it, a student should have a basic background in biology or environmental studies. This will typically include introductory course work in biology and at least one intermediate-level course (e.g., Ecology). For students who don’t yet have a solid background, a research paper in a course can often allow the student to explore a potential area of interest and prepare for a tutorial in the following semester. Tutorials include: one-to-one tutorials in a student’s specific field in preparation for Plan work, group tutorials with several students who have simila
