Peer Assisted Study Sessions

Service Summary

Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) is a supplemental instruction (SI) program attached to historically challenging courses. PASS provides a welcoming and supportive environment where students can meet peers, work through course content, and learn transferable study skills that they can apply to other courses.

This program offers students the opportunity to attend weekly study sessions, as well as mock exams and office hours at critical points in the term. PASS worksheets are available through Brightspace and can be used synchronously or asynchronously. PASS sessions are designed and run by PASS facilitators, student staff members hired by the Centre for Student Academic Support (CSAS). A PASS facilitator is a fellow student who has taken the course previously and has achieved a grade of A- or higher. PASS facilitators do not re-lecture, but instead use facilitation strategies, such as collaboration, in order to encourage independent learning.