The PARC

Achieving your learning goals isn't easy, but you can do it! The PARC and its resources are here to help you become a confident, skillful learner.

CRLA

The PARC's tutoring program is certified by the College Reading & Learning Association.

Tutoring/Coaching

Deeper Learning = Higher Grades Learning With A Tutor = Deeper Learning Come Learn With Us!

Donations Wanted

The PARC offers free snacks, groceries, school supplies, and hygiene products in our study and recharge spaces. Check out our donations page to find out how you can help.

Mission Statement

The Professional Studies and Fine Arts (PSFA) Academic Resource Center (PARC) advances student success and equity by providing a learning community in which PSFA students collaborate with trained educators to achieve their learning goals. By strengthening their cognitive strategies, particularly metacognitive thinking, PARC students become confident, skillful learners.

Vision

The Professional Studies and Fine Arts Academic Resource Center (PARC) strives to be an affirming community for the culturally and educationally diverse students in the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts and ROTC where they can maximize their learning; dream big; connect with peers, caring staff, and campus resources; and engage in meaningful self-reflection as they work to achieve their learning goals.

Core Values

We Value
  • Belonging: Every PSFA student experiences community at SDSU. 
  • Student agency: Students are the experts about themselves, not us; we are collaborators.
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI): We see and affirm students’ lived experiences, which shape our work.
  • Responsibility: We hold ourselves to the highest standard as educators, utilizing research-based or data-informed learning theory and pedagogies in all interactions with students.
  • Respect: We honor and maintain student confidentiality. We respect our students’ investment in their education.
  • Collaboration: We work in collaboration with other academic support programs on campus, learning assistance programs at other schools, and professional organizations in the field of learning assistance, including member organizations in the Council for Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA).
  • Adaptability: We prize creativity, innovation, and problem-solving, keeping in clear focus our commitment to the students we serve.

Campus Partners

 

Hours of Operation

North PARC Hours:

Mondays 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursdays 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

South PARC Hours:

Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

[email protected]

North PARC
North PARC:  PSFA 200
North PARC: PSFA 200

Sourth PARC
South PARC: Adams-Humanities 4231
South PARC: Adams-Humanities 4231

Discord

We also have a virtual learning center on Discord that SDSU community members are welcome to join! On our Discord, students can hangout, get help making tutoring or coaching appointments from our welcome desk staff, and to ask quick questions of our tutors and learning coaches.

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