Tutoring

• A B E 3780
• ACCT 2150
• ACCT 2840
• ACCT 2850
• ACCT 3860
• ACCT 3870
• AER E 3100
• AER E 3210
• AER E 3510
• AN S 2140
• AN S 3310

• BBMB 2210
• BBMB 3160
• BIOL 2110
• BIOL 2120
• BIOL 2550
• BIOL 3140

• C E 2740
• C E 3320
• CHEM 1630
• CHEM 1670
• CHEM 1770
• CHEM 1780
• CHEM 2310
• CHEM 3310
• CHEM 3320
• COM S 1270
• COM S 2270
• COM S 2280
• COM S 2300
• COM S 3110
• COM S 3210
• COM S 3270
• COM S 3310
• COM S 3630
• CPR E 1850
• CPR E 2810
• CPR E 2880
• CPR E 3100
• CPR E 3810

• E E 2010
• E E 2240
• E E 2300
• E E 4420
• E E 4480
• E M 3240
• ECON 1010
• ECON 1020
• ECON 3010

• FIN 3010
• FIN 3100
• FIN 3200

• I E 3050

• KIN 3550

• MATH 1040
• MATH 1050
• MATH 1400
• MATH 1430
• MATH 1450
• MATH 1500
• MATH 1510
• MATH 1600
• MATH 1650
• MATH 1660
• MATH 1960
• MATH 2070
• MATH 2650
• MATH 2660
• MATH 2670
• MAT E 2730
• M E 1600
• M E 2310
• M E 3320
• M E 3350
• M E 3450
• M E 4210
• M E 4360
• MICRO 2010
• MIS 2070

• PHIL 2010
• PHYS 1150
• PHYS 1310
• PHYS 1320
• PHYS 2310
• PHYS 2320
• PSYCH 1010
• PSYCH 2800

• S E 1850
• SCM 3010
• STAT 1010
• STAT 1040
• STAT 2260
• STAT 3050
• STAT 3260
• STAT 3300

No need to worry about finding a funding source to cover the cost of your tutoring sessions. Tutoring sessions will now be free for all Iowa State University students enrolled in qualified courses. More than 90 Iowa State undergraduate courses are covered through Knack!

We recommend you utilize another academic resource on campus like Supplemental Instruction (SI), help rooms, and office hours with your professor or TA. For help with specific assignments that include writing or public speaking, make an appointment with Writing and Communication Consultations, another free service offered by the Academic Success Center.

If you are requesting tutoring for a foreign language class, please contact World Languages and Cultures to see what assistance might be available.

Graduate and professional students are able to tutor undergraduate student courses through Knack. They must have taken the course they are interested in tutoring at Iowa State University and received a B or higher. There is no tutoring offered for graduate courses at Iowa State University. 

Yes! International students interested in tutoring should contact success@iastate.edu prior to getting started with Knack.

It can depend on the course you request tutoring for. All qualified tutors are notified of your request, so it could take anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of days. Your tutoring request will remain active for one week. After one week, your request will be canceled, and you will need to submit a new request. Please note that you must be enrolled in the course you are receiving tutoring in. 

If you have not received a tutoring offer, consider the following options:

• Find an open group tutoring session, listed at the bottom of the Find Tutors page. These sessions are available to all interested students, and tutors hold multiple sessions for various courses each day. Additional information can be found here.
• Connect with a professional On-Demand Knack tutor virtually. Review these best practice tips to get the most out of on-demand sessions.

Yes, group sessions are available on the Knack platform. When you open a new request form, you will see an ‘Invite Students’ section.  

This is where you can both invite other students and allow others to join the session. Once the request is sent to the tutor, each student will receive a notification to accept/decline the group session invite.  

No, our tutoring services are limited to students who are actively enrolled in the course at Iowa State. 

Iowa State University is not using Knack functionality for essay or writing help. We offer robust writing and communication support here. 

Yes, tutoring will be available during all Iowa State academic terms. For information about what classes will be offered for Winter Session this year, visit this website.