Spring 2012
Location: Holy Cross Hall 106
Hours: One-on-one tutoring sessions: Mondays 1-4; 7-9:30, Tuesdays 9-3, Wednesdays 7-9:30, Thursdays 9-3 and 5-6, Fridays 9-11

Staff: Professors Fran Ebbers, Mary Reilly, and Brian McNerney

The Mission Course Resource Center is a tutoring lab designed to help students with any aspect of Capstone or American Dilemmas. In the lab students work one-on-one with a tutor who is a faculty member with experience teaching these courses. We meet with students at any stage of the process, whether you’re still choosing a topic or editing a final draft. While the MCRC is open to all students, those students deemed at risk of making a D or F in the course (as determined by cumulative GPA, a previous failed attempt at the course, or instructor recommendation) receive priority scheduling.

To sign up for one-on-one tutoring, use the calendar below.

How does the MCRC differ from the Writing Center?  We encourage students to use the Writing Center as well as the MCRC. Our services complement and do not compete with one another, although there may be some areas of overlap. The main difference between the two is that the MCRC focuses on content specific to Capstone and American Dilemmas. For instance, we can help students understand Capstone and American Dilemmas vocabulary, find and evaluate appropriate sources for their projects, analyze the arguments and moral reasoning, and develop portions of their oral presentations.

1. You may book two 45-minute appointments per week (but not for the same day).
2. Please arrive on time with hard copies of your drafts or revisions, any supplemental instructions from your professors, your handbook, and pen and paper with which to take notes.  Also, please bring anything else you wish to go over, such as research materials, Turnitin.com originality reports, class notes, power point slides for your oral presentation, expert interview questions, etc.
3. After your session the MCRC instructor will send a note to your professor detailing what you worked on during that session.
4. If you cannot make your appointment, you must cancel online–preferably 24 hours prior to your scheduled slot.  Students who miss two scheduled appointments or cancel at the last minute twice will be barred from the MCRC until they have received permission from the Capstone director to start scheduling appointments again.
5. Note that the primary purpose of the MCRC is to help struggling students who are at risk for repeating the course.  While the MCRC would like to help all mission course students, priority will be given to at-risk students and students who are repeating American Dilemmas or Capstone.
6. The MCRC schedules tutoring sessions 2 weeks in advance.  If you are having trouble booking a session, be sure to try on a weekly basis.