The Art of Writing Tutoring Program supports students taking Reading & Composition (R&C) courses in all departments. Upper-level majors with proven writing skills provide one-on-one writing support to students taking R&C courses. Tutors are available Sunday through Thursday evenings, and R&C students can sign up for a 30-minute online appointment. Tutoring is targeted and disciplinary-specific, responding to the parameters of R&C instruction and the challenges faced by R&C student writers in each department.
Writing tutors are trained by experienced GSIs to support students at any stage of the writing process, from the early stages of brainstorming and organizing to drafts- and revisions-in-progress to sentence-level writing issues. These GSIs provide continued support and mentoring to tutors throughout the semester in the form of regular workshop meetings.
Art of Writing at UC Berkeley approaches writing as a teachable art. Our programs and courses promote critical thinking and reading, and emphasize careful revision. Intimate undergraduate seminars of 18 students, led by Berkeley faculty members and graduate students, are central to our work.
