Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Welcome to Supplemental Instruction! This service is designed to help you succeed in your most challenging courses. Read the information included here to take advantage of SI, and keep an eye out for weekly emails from the SI leader for your class to participate.
What is Supplemental Instruction?
SI is a series of peer-led, collaborative, free weekly review sessions for students in difficult courses (those with high D/F/Withdrawal rates) at Tri-County. It is a service that benefits everyone, not just a session you should attend if you’re struggling in a particular class.
The SI leader for your class collaborates with the professor for your course and builds their sessions to reinforce concepts that will appear on exams. Data has shown that students who attend SI sessions earn higher grades, and as an added benefit, you can win prizes when you attend SI sessions!
What is attending an SI Session Like?
Sessions are facilitated by SI leaders, fellow students who have taken the class and earned an A. Your SI leader will attend your class, hold two weekly review sessions (in-person or virtually) and lead you through collaborative activities to help you better understand course content.
SI leaders don’t grade assignments or teach new material. Instead, they offer another way to engage with class material.
SI Session Schedule
The SI session schedule is created weekly. If you are enrolled in a class we support, you will receive the schedule in your TCTC email each week. We also post the schedule on our Instagram and Facebook page.
Weekly Schedule
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Lightsey Bridge Schedule
Lightsey Bridge Schedule Sunday
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
Seminar A
Seminar B
Seminar C
Monday
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
Seminar A
Seminar B
Seminar C
Tuesday
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
Seminar A
Seminar B
Seminar C
Wednesday
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
Seminar A
Seminar B
Seminar C
Thursday
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
Seminar A
Seminar B
Room 109
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Tri-County Schedule
Monday
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
SSC 300
(Maker's Space)SSC 313
SSC 314
SSC 325
Tuesday
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
SSC 300
(Maker's Space)SSC 313
SSC 314
SSC 325
Wednesday
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
SSC 300
(Maker's Space)SSC 313
SSC 314
SSC 325
Thursday
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
SSC 300
(Maker's Space)SSC 313
SSC 325
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Virtual Schedule
Sunday
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
Monday
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
Tuesday
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
Wednesday
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
Thursday
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
Courses We Support
The courses we support vary from semester to semester. However, they are all courses considered to be traditionally difficult at Tri-County. Commonly supported subject areas include:
| Subject | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
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Accounting |
ACC 101 |
ACC 101 |
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Biology |
BIO 101, BIO 113 |
BIO 101, BIO 102, BIO 114 |
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Chemistry |
CHM 110 |
CHM 110, CHM 111 |
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Math |
MAT 111, MAT 120, MAT 130, MAT 140 |
MAT 111, MAT 120, MAT 130, MAT 140, MAT 141, MAT 230 |
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Physics |
None |
PHY 221 |
Summer Support
Tutoring Services are available for summer courses at the TCTC Learning Commons.
The Learning Commons offers online and in-person tutoring services free of charge to TCTC students. Tutors will work collaboratively with you to build skills and content knowledge in math, chemistry, biology, astronomy, business, Spanish, engineering and more. Our tutors also offer writing support in all subject areas.
SI Session Locations
SI sessions are held on Tri-County's Pendleton campus in the Student Success Center, on Clemson’s campus in the Lightsey Bridge Commons and virtually on Zoom!
Tri-County SI Sessions
TCTC sessions are hosted on the third floor of the Student Success Center in the Learning Commons.
Clemson SI Sessions
Clemson sessions are hosted in the three seminar rooms in the Lightsey Bridge Commons building located on Theta Kappa Street.
Virtual Sessions
Virtual sessions are hosted on Zoom. You can find the Zoom links by clicking the link below!
