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Drop-In Help

Have a math question? Need help with that stats formula? Students can obtain assistance understanding concepts from a variety of quantitative-based subject areas – fundamentals, algebra, calculus, proofs, linear algebra, financial math, probability and statistics, economics, computer coding, etc.

Our drop-in sessions provide an informal peer-to-peer learning environment.  For spring term, we will be offering a combination of remote and on campus help sessions.

Please refer to our "Math & Stats Learning Support - Waterloo" and "Math & Stats Learning Support - Brantford" pages on MyLearningSpace to connect with us remotely!

If you do not see the relevant MaSt support page in your list of courses on MyLS, use the Advanced Search link and then change the Semester option box to "None" and click on the Search/microscope icon. If you still don't see the MaSt support page, then you can self-register for it: go back to your home page in MyLS and you should see a link for "Self Registration"; click this and then find the relevant "Math & Stats Learning Support" site to enroll.

Mathematics and Statistics Learning Support (MaSt) offers traditional drop-in sessions, during which senior undergraduate students provide assistance to any student seeking help with:

  • General mathematics questions at an introductory level.
  • Any 100-level mathematics course.
  • Selected 200-level mathematics and statistics courses: MA201, MA205, MA222, MA238, MA250, MA287, ST230, ST231, ST259/260.
  • Introductory statistics courses offered by any academic department: BU/EC255, EC245, EC285, PS295/296, GG254/258, PO218, SY382, CC327, etc.
  • Introductory economics and accounting concepts and methods for EC120, EC140 and BU127
  • Coding support for CP103, CP104 and CP164 
  • Chemistry support for CH110/120/130 and CH202/204/205

No appointment needed; drop in to a session with a quick question in between your classes, or plan to stay for a while to work on assigned homework problems, individually or in small groups (using Zoom breakout rooms for the remote sessions).

Session Schedule: Fall 2023

Math & Stats Drop-in Support

A few hours will be available during the first full week of classes:

  • Wed. Sept. 13, Thurs. Sept. 14, Fri. Sept. 15 - 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day, in LH1018

Our regular drop-in help session schedule will then  start the week of Sept. 17.

On campus sessions, in room LH1018 Lazaridis Hall:

  • Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Fridays - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Remote sessions, via Zoom (connect through the Math & Stats Learning Support - Waterloo page on MyLearningSpace):

  • Mondays, Wednesdays - 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 

  

CP103/CP104/CP164 Drop-in Coding Support

Remote session, via Zoom (connect through the Math & Stats Learning Support - Waterloo page on MyLearningSpace):

  • Wednesdays, Thursdays - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

 

BU127 Drop-in Help

On campus sessions, in room LH1018A Lazaridis Hall:

  • Tuesdays and Wednesdays - 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

 

Chemistry Drop-in Help

On campus sessions, in room BA104 Bricker Academic:

  • Tuesdays and Thursdays - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Take advantage of our drop-in sessions to get extra help with math from our senior peer tutors.

Assistance is provided for:

  • Essential mathematics and algebraic skills from the secondary school math curriculum, including concepts covered by the BF290 Pre-Statistics modules;
  • Any 100-level Mathematics course (MA127, MA170); 
  • Quantitative concepts from other courses, including introductory probability and statistics (such as MB235, OL/HS/CC233, PS295/296, HS324, OL334, CC327, DMJN328, etc.); and
  • CP104 coding support

No appointment necessary! Simply drop by with a quick question or two, or plan to stay for a while to work on assigned homework problems with help close at hand (group work possible, using Zoom breakout rooms for the remote sessions).

Session Schedule: Fall 2023

Our regular drop-in help session schedule start the week of Sept. 17.

On campus sessions, in room OM207-19 One Market:

  • Tuesdays - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Remote sessions, via Zoom (connect through the Math & Stats Learning Support - Brantford site on MyLearningSpace):

  • Mondays, Wednesdays - 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.