Supplemental Instruction (SI)

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Overview

The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program offers peer-led support for historically difficult subjects and major gateway courses with high rates of D and F grades and unauthorized withdrawals (DFW). SI Leaders, high-achieving students recommended by faculty members and recruited and trained by the SCAA, attend assigned lecture sections to model successful behaviors and identify challenging content for review in regularly scheduled group study sessions.

Group study sessions generally consist of interactive discussions and collaborative practice activities facilitated by SI Leaders. Any student enrolled in a supported course may benefit from voluntarily attending sessions and frequent participation often results in improved comprehension and performance, contributing to student retention and progress to degree completion. Sessions typically meet in The CORE 342 (Red-tailed Hawk Room).

Fall 2023 Supplemental Instruction (SI) Session Schedule

Fall 2023 SI Information (By Subject)

ACCT 210: Introduction to Financial Accounting

  • Section 01 (Professor Robert Lin) 
    • Students in this asynchronous section can attend any of the SI Sessions available
  • Section 02 (Professor Tammy Tang)
    • Bisola has SI Sessions on Mondays from 12:45-2:00pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 3:00-4:15pm (CORE 342)
  • Section 03 (Professor Tammy Tang) 
    • Bisola has SI Sessions on Mondays from 12:45-2:00pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 3:00-4:15pm (CORE 342)
  • Section 04 (Professor Ray Clark) 
    • Lien has SI Sessions on Mondays from 3:30-4:45pm (CORE 341) and on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:45pm (CORE 341) 

ACCT 215: Introduction to Managerial Accounting

  • Section 01 (Professor Robert Lin) 
    • Students in this asynchronous section can attend any of the SI Sessions available
  • Section 02 (Professor Tammy Tang)
    • Makena's SI Sessions: TBA

ACCT 311: Intermediate Accounting I

  • Section 01 (Professor Tina Lang) 
    • Jasmin has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 5:00-6:15pm (Zoom) and on Thursdays from 5:00-6:15pm (CORE 342)
  • Section 02 (Professor Tammy Tang)
    • Jasmin has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 5:00-6:15pm (Zoom) and on Thursdays from 5:00-6:15pm (CORE 342)

ACCT 312: Intermediate Accounting II

  • Section 01 (Professor Jing-Wen Yang)
    • Pallavi has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:15pm (CORE 342) and on Wednesdays from 4:00-5:15pm (CORE 342)


Note: Students enrolled in asynchronous sections or sections without an SI Leader may join another section's sessions.

BIOL 310: Genetic Analysis I

  • Section 01 (Professor Maria Gallegos)
    • Mark has SI Sessions on Mondays from 11:00am-12:15pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 4:30-5:45pm (CORE 341)
  • Section 02 (Professor Kenneth Curr)
    • Kyleigh has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 6:00-7:15pm (CORE 342) and on Fridays from 10:00am-11:15am (CORE 342)

CHEM 111: General Chemistry I

  • Section 01 (Professor Edward Pizzini)
    • Sannah has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:15am (CORE 341) and on Fridays from 11:15am-12:30pm (CORE 342)
  • Section 02 (Professor Patrick Fleming)
    • Hannah has SI Sessions on Mondays from 4:45-6:00pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 4:30-5:45pm (CORE 342)

ECON 200: Principles of Microeconomics

  • Section 01 (Professor Filippo Rebessi)
    • Darysa has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:45pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 11:00am-12:15pm (CORE 342)
  • Section 02 (Professor Ellen Li)
    •        Students in this asynchronous section can attend any of the SI Sessions available

PHIL 100: Workshop in Critical Thinking

  • Section 01 (Professor Jacob Blair) 
    • Maite has SI Sessions on Mondays from 3:30-4:45pm (CORE 342) and on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:45pm (CORE 306)
  • Section 02 (Professor Deena Lin)
    • Students enrolled in this section may join another section's sessions
  • Section 03 (Professor Jurgen Braungardt) 
    • Tushar has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 2:45-4:00pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 2:45-4:00pm (CORE 341)
  • Section 04 & 13 (Professor Jennifer Eagan) 
    • Amandeep has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 11:15am-12:45pm (CORE 341) and on Thursdays from 9:30-10:45am (CORE 342)
  • Section 05 (Professor Nicholas Baiamonte)
    • Nathaniel has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas) and Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)
  • Section 06 (Professor Nicholas Baiamonte)
    • Nathaniel has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas) and Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)
  • Section 07 (Professor Susi Ferrarello)
    • Nathaniel has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas) and Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)
  • Section 08 (Professor Deena Lin)
    • Nathaniel has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas) and Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)
  • Section 09 (Professor Craig Derksen)
    • Nathaniel has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas) and Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)
  • Section 10 (Professor Susi Ferrarello)
    • Nathaniel has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas) and Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)
  • Section 11 (Professor Craig Derksen)
    • Nathaniel has SI Sessions on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas) and Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)

Note: Students enrolled in asynchronous sections or sections without an SI Leader may join another section's sessions.

PSYC 100: General Psychology

  • Section 01 (Professor Ana Anguas-Wong)
    • Ashwini has SI Sessions on Mondays from 5:30-6:45pm (CORE 341) and on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45pm (CORE 342)
  • Section 02 (Professor Ana Anguas-Wong)
    • Ashwini has SI Sessions on Mondays from 5:30-6:45pm (CORE 341) and on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45pm (CORE 342)

SLHS 301: Anatomy & Physiology of Speech & Hearing

  • Section 01 (Professor Nabonita Dutta)
    • Roxanne has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 11:00am-12:15pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 7:00-8:15pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)
  • Section 02 (Professor Nabonita Dutta)
    • Roxanne has SI Sessions on Tuesdays from 11:00am-12:15pm (CORE 342) and on Thursdays from 7:00-8:15pm (on Zoom - check Canvas)

SI Program FAQ

SI Leaders will attend assigned lecture sections to model effective learning, notation, and organizational skills and identify challenging content for review during regularly scheduled, interactive group study sessions.

Group study sessions consist of course content reviews, interactive group discussions, and collaborative practice activities. Regular participation often results in improved comprehension, performance, and preparation for future coursework.

Any student enrolled in a course supported by SI, and regardless of current course grade, may voluntarily participate in SI. Many high-performing students regularly attend group study sessions to learn cooperatively with peers.

The SI program will provide SI Leaders for every section of a supported course. Students enrolled in asynchronous sections may attend synchronous sections' regularly scheduled group study sessions.

SI Leaders adhere to specific expectations outlined in the official position description which differentiate them from tutors and other academic support providers.

Conversely, SI Leaders will not fulfill instructional responsibilities, e.g., lecturing, grading assignments, proctoring exams; disclose peer students' confidential information or group study session attendance; record lectures or share notes with
peer students; or offer peer students extra credit in exchange for participating in group study sessions.

Contact the SI Coordinator directly with questions or concerns related to SI Leaders' expectations and responsibilities.

Partner faculty members' few SI-related responsibilities include allowing time in lectures for announcments and surveys, granting Student Assistant access to the course Canvas and necessary materials/resources, and meeting 1:1 weekly for approximately 30 to 60 minutes to discuss recent lecture content and upcoming assignments and exams.

Though not guaranteed, the SCAA will always attempt to pair SI Leaders with the faculty members who nominated them. However, if not possible, the SCAA will assign other, equally qualified and trained SI Leaders to provide support.

Ideally, yes. However, circumstances may prevent the SI program from recruiting enough SI Leaders for every supported course section. Should this happen, faculty members may invite their students to attend another section's group study sessions while the SI Coordinator searches for additional SI Leaders.

Unfortunately, no. Whereas the SI program typically recruits students based on their capacity to support specific courses, circumstances may prevent newly recruited SI Leaders from receiving intended course placements, e.g., course schedule changes. If this happens, the SI Coordinator will place the affected SI Leader on a reserve list and continue searching for new placements or alternative employment within the SCAA, if available.

Due to the voluntary nature of SI, the SCAA discourages offering extrinsic motivation or requiring students to participate. Faculty members should encourage all students to attend group study sessions to develop subject area comprehension
and practical study skills in a safe, collaborative learning environment.

The SI Coordinator and SI Leaders will share general information regarding group study session attendance but not specific students' names or attendance until final course grades post in the Pioneer Data Warehouse.

At the conclusion of every semester, the SI Coordinator sends summative reports to faculty members containing students' final course grades, group study session attendance, grade distributions by attendance, and related enrollment and DFW information extracted from the Pioneer Data Warehouse and Bay Advisor.

The SI program traditionally supports courses with 20% or higher average rates of D and F/NC final semester grades and unauthorized withdrawals (DFW) across all sections. Additionally, term enrollment in "gateway" courses, impact scores within the CSU Student Success Dashboard, and support available throughout campus, e.g., STEM LAB, help determine which courses may receive SI.