- Tutorial Assistance Program - TAP provides "peer" tutors for individual or small group tutoring in specific courses as well as reading, writing, and study skills. The tutors are undergraduate and graduate students who have the necessary content background and have completed a training course in methods of tutoring.
* The Tutoring Center Hours are:
Tutors are available and free of charge to all student-athletes through the Learning Assistance Center. You must identify yourself as a student-athlete and a tutor will be assigned. While the athletic department absorbs all costs for tutoring, the student will be charged for any "no shows." Two such misses in a semester will result in the loss of free tutoring privileges for the semester. Feel free to visit the tutoring website.
- Supplemental Instruction (SI) - SI sessions are provided to help students achieve individual academic goals by offering peer-led study sessions that empowers students to become independent and successful learners.
The sessions integrate how-to-learn with what-to-learn. The supplemental instruction sessions provide regularly scheduled out-of-class study sessions connected to a course. The program is free and available to all students enrolled in the course. The SI leaders are students who have done well in the class or shown mastery of the content identified by faculty. They attend class, take notes, and complete all assigned reading for the course in addition to providing 3-4 hours of peer study sessions per week that are connected to the specific course content and instructor.
SOME of the classes targeted for Miami University Supplemental Instruction:
- Accountancy 221 and 222
- Botany, Microbiology, Zoology 115 and 116
- Botany 191
- Chemistry 141,142, and 242
- Economics 201 and 202
- Mathematics 102, 104, 123, and 151
- Statistics 261
- Zoology 161
If you are enrolled in the course, then you may attend Supplemental Instruction study sessions free of charge. The SI leaders are the key to what makes this program successful because they have succeeded in the course and are intensively trained to facilitate study sessions.
- Academic Advising - Student-athletes at Miami University use the network of academic advisors available in each department. Resident academic advisors are available for all first year students in the residence halls. During the second semester, each student is assigned an advisor in the department of his/her major of study.
All returning student-athletes are required to see their academic advisor and together fill out the ICA Academic Advising Report before submitting registration requests through Banner Web. The advising reports will be kept on file in the Coordinators' offices to insure proper course planning.
- Study Tables - The HAWKS and NEST programs are academic enhancement programs designed to provide a structured study environment, tutorial support, computing services, and individual intervention to student-athletes. The goal of this program is to ensure quality study practices for all of our student-athletes, which we hope, will lead to positive academic experiences at Miami University.
- Monitor eligibility w/ progress check - Academic progress is monitored to ensure eligibility and overall academic success for each student-athlete during his/her time at Miami University.
After every semester a student-athlete completes at Miami University the progress report enables the student, the coach, and the academic coordinator to maintain up-to-date academic information as the student advances.
- Student Academic Evaluations - A detailed academic progress evaluation is sent to each of the student-athlete's professors twice during the course of each semester. From this evaluation the student and coach will be aware of the estimated grade in his/her course, strengths and weaknesses perceived by the professor, and if necessary, suggestions for improvement. Students may come to the coordinator's office to receive an updated Academic Summary. A "Release of Grade" statement is signed at the start of each academic year to allow the academic coordinators to send out these forms to the professors.
- EDT 110 - is a 2 credit class offered to first-year student-athletes. The main purpose of the course is to help ease the students’ transition into college life by addressing significant issues such as time management, stress, study skills, nutrition, diversity, media training, alcohol awareness and sport psychology. The class is very interactive which allows students to discuss relevant issues with fellow athletes who are dealing with the same demands of college athletics.
- Academic Recognition - Students receive university honors based on term grade point averages. Dean's List honors are achieved by earning a 3.500 term average, with a minimum of twelve hours attempted for a grade. President's List recognition is achieved with a perfect 4.000 term average.
The Mid-American Conference and CCHA recognize academic excellence through Academic All-Conference selections, based on academic and athletic performance. The MAC also recognizes student-athletes who meet the following criteria: