For a complete overview, your "one-stop shop" for all tutoring offered on the IU Bloomington campus, all of it free, please visit the IUB Tutoring website here.
To learn more about the SAC's special PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) high-impact peer tutoring, for which courses it is available, and what the schedule is, read on below.
The PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) program offers small group peer-led study sessions for multiple courses each semester. The sessions are led by an undergraduate student who has excelled in the course previously, has been selected and trained for the position, and attends the class again serving as an assistant to the instructor.
For more information, please contact the coordinator, Dr. Andrew M. Koke (akoke@iu.edu).
PASS leaders attend the class with you, so they know what you're working on.
Review content, ask questions, and study frequently and effectively.
Just check out the schedule below and join us! Attend as many as you would like!
Welcome to PASS for Fall 2025! You can attend any session and as many as you like. They are free, and our research shows that every visit to PASS is worth about a .5% increase on your final grade. So, come early, come often, and get the grade you want!
PASS Midterm sessions:
MATH-B110: Sunday, Oct 19, 6:30-8p in Global Building 1118 and 1122. The same content is being covered in both classrooms. We also have a Teams online meeting of the study session, accessible at this link. Note, the location for these study sessions was initially Hodge Hall, but we have moved to Global Building.
| Day | Time | Location |
| Mondays | 3:10-4:00p | Global 0011 |
| Wednesdays | 3:10-4:00p | Ballantine 217 |
| Day | Time | Location |
| Mondays | 5:30-6:20p | Ballantine 108 |
| Wednesdays | 5:30-6:20p | Ballantine 108 |
| Day | Time | Location |
| Mondays | 5:30-6:20p | Global 0011 |
| Wednesdays | 5:30-6:20p | Global 0011 |
| Day | Time | Location |
| Sundays | 5:00-5:50p | zoom |
| Tuesdays | 4:20-5:10p | Ballantine 105 |
| Wednesdays | 3-3:50p | zoom |
| Thursdays | 4:20-5:10p | Ballantine 015 |
| Day | Time | Location |
| Sundays | 1-1:50p | Global 0007 |
| Wednesdays | 4:20-5:10p | Global 0009 |
| Day | Time | Location |
| Mondays | 5:30-6:20p | Global 0013 |
| Tuesdays | 3:10-4p | Ballantine 015 |
| Tuesdays | 5:30-6:20p | Global 0011 |
| Wednesdays | 5:30-6:20p | Hodge 3052 |
| Thursdays | 3:10-4p | Ballantine 141 |
| Thursdays | 5:30-6:20p | Global 0011 |
Is PASS free?
Yes! You may attend as many sessions as you would like, at no cost. Indeed, it is useful to attend two or three PASS sessions each week. Think of it like practicing for a sport: steady, weekly work has a big payoff.
What if I have a conflict with my PASS Leader's schedule?
That happens sometimes. Please feel free to attend any PASS session for your class.
Can I go over my Edfinity homework at PASS?
PASS does not focus on Edfinity homework. We focus on the tests, which are a bigger part of your final grade. While there are many campus resources that focus on Edfinity (such as the Math Learning Center or the Academic Support Centers), only PASS focuses on the tests.
What happens at a PASS session?
The PASS Leader will have selected several math problems that will be showing up on an upcoming test. Students practice these problems and explain how to solve them, thereby creating durable knowledge and experience with the problems. Usually there is time at the end to go over a tough problem of the students' choice.
How effective is PASS?
Our studies on IUB campus have shown that if a student goes to PASS once per week, their grades improve as much as 12% over the course of the semester. That's more than a full letter grade! Give it a try.
