Academic Skills & Services
City and Campus
Academic Goals
Communication & Organization
Co-Curricular Opportunities
100

This unit provides peer tutoring and academic coaching

What is Study Lab?

100

This neighborhood is known for its views of the city skyline

What is Mt Washington?

100

Most students declare a major during this year of their college career

What is the sophomore year?

100

The action you should take if you are going to miss a class

What is email the instructor in advance?

100

The office you should visit if you wish to spend some of your time at college outside of the United States

What is Study Abroad?

200

This unit provides assistance to students enrolled in Calculus

What is the Math Assistance Center (MAC)?

200

This neighborhood is known for its rich history of jazz.

What is the Hill District?

200

The minimum number of credits a student needs to earn a bachelor's degree

What is 120?

200

This phrase indicates a time when instructors are available to answer questions

What are Office Hours?

200

This office provides a range of structured and independent research opportunities to Dietrich School students

What is the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (OUR)?

300

The unit that provides help with your internship search, resume, and cover letter

What is the Career Center?

300

This individual serves as mayor in the City of Pittsburgh

Who is Bill Peduto?

300

Choosing this grade option does not have an impact on your GPA

What is Satisfactory/No Credit (S/NC)?

300

This is the preferred method of address for college instructors

What is Professor?

300

This office is a good place to start if you want to learn ways to get involved in the community

What is PittServes?

400

This is the recommended number of study hours for each hour spent in class

What is three hours?

400

These rooms are a tourist attraction and unique to the best known building on campus

What are the Nationality Rooms?

400

A student must obtain this GPA in order to remain in Good Academic Standing

What is a 2.0 GPA?

400

The amount of time you should give a professor to write a letter of recommendation

What is two weeks?

400

There are approximately this many student organizations in operation at Pitt

What is 600+?

500

This online tool is used to find books, journal articles, and other online resources available through the University Library System

What is PittCat?

500

This year marks the founding of the University of Pittsburgh

What is 1787?

500

Achieving this GPA in a term is one aspect of being placed on the dean's list

What is a 3.5 GPA?

500

This tool, available on the Study Lab website, helps a student understand how to best allocate hours for class, sleep, work, studying, socializing, etc.

What is the Time Management Calculator?

500

This is student-run undergraduate journal is published in the fall and spring terms

What is Forbes & Fifth?