Northeastern Peer Tutoring is committed to offering free peer tutoring to aid Northeastern undergraduate students’ academic success through the support of their Northeastern peers. We support all eligible undergraduate students across the Northeastern global network who are enrolled in our listed supported courses on Knack each semester. See below for the list of supported courses on Knack for Fall 2025.
On Knack, eligible students have the opportunity to:
- Schedule peer-to-peer tutoring sessions on the Knack platform either as an one-on-one or small group in-person or online , for up to 90 minutes per course per week (Sunday-Saturday)
- Use up to 30 hours maximum of free peer tutoring during each academic semester, and up to 15 hours of peer tutoring during each summer session
Peer-to-peer tutoring on the Knack platform is an additional resource for students and should be treated as such. Tutors should encourage their tutees to explore all available academic resources across the Northeastern global network. Please review our page on Other Tutoring Services at Northeastern.
Tutoring on Knack
All Northeastern peer tutors on Knack work as 1099 contractors. However, we have classified this part-time position as an on-campus job in order for our Northeastern international undergraduate students to take advantage of this student employment opportunity. Peer Tutors can work up to 15 hours per week maximum (Sunday to Saturday) on the Knack platform. Northeastern Student Employment is notified of the Peer Tutors working on the Knack platform and number of weekly hours worked to maintain compliance of 20-hour per week student employee maximum. See this article from Knack on what it means to be a 1099 Independent Contractor.
Qualified current Northeastern undergraduate students interested in applying to become Northeastern peer tutors on the Knack platform as well as returning peer tutors need to review the Northeastern Peer Tutoring processes outlined in this website under “Become a Tutor” in the Application and Hiring Process before applying on the Knack platform at northeastern.joinknack.com. Tutors must be in the U.S. while actively tutoring. NOTE: Tutors may NOT actively tutor a course for which they are a current TA with grading responsibility (in the same semester).
Canvas Course Enrollment
- Northeastern Peer Tutoring keeps all major communication with tutors in our “CRLA Level 1 Tutor Training” Canvas course. All Northeastern Peer Tutors who have been approved to tutor on Knack will receive a welcome email and Canvas course invitation after Knack profile activation; accepting this invitation is required. Please email peertutoring@northeastern.edu to expedite your addition to our Peer Tutoring community hub.
For questions/issues accessing or using Northeastern Peer Tutoring on the Knack platform, please reach out to Knack support via email at support@joinknack.com or via live chat at joinknack.com.
For all other questions related to this service you can reach out to Northeastern Peer Tutoring at peertutoring@northeastern.edu.
Fall 2025 Supported Courses on Knack
The courses below will be supported on Knack for Fall 2025.
Tutoring on the Knack platform will begin the 1st week of classes Fall 2025.
- ACCT 1201 Financial Accounting and Reporting
- ACCT 1209 Financial Accounting and Reporting
- ACCT 2301 Managerial Accounting
- AMSL 1101 Elementary ASL 1
- AMSL 1102 Elementary ASL 2
- AMSL 2101 Intermediate ASL 1
- AMSL 3101 Advanced ASL 1
- ANTH 1101 Peoples and Cultures
- ARAB 1101 Elementary Arabic 1
- ARAB 2101 Intermediate Arabic 1
- ARAB 2102 Intermediate Arabic 2
- ARAB 3101 Advanced Arabic 1
- ARCH 1310 Buildings and Cities
- BIOL 1107 Foundations of Biology
- BIOL 1108 Lab for BIOL 1107
- BIOL 1111 General Biology 1
- BIOL 1112 Lab for BIOL 1111
- BIOL 1113 General Biology 2
- BIOL 1114 Lab for BIOL 1113
- BIOL 2217 Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 1
- BIOL 2218 Lab for BIOL 2217
- BIOL 2219 Integrated Anatomy & Physiology 2
- BIOL 2220 Lab for BIOL 2219
- BIOL 2299 Inquiries in Biological Sciences
- BIOL 2301 Genetics and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 2302 Lab for BIOL 2301
- BIOL 3405 Neurobiology
- BIOL 3421 Microbiology
- BIOL 3422 Lab for BIOL 3421
- BIOL 3611 Biochemistry
- BIOL 3612 Lab for BIOL 3611
- BUSN 1101 Applied Business Fundamentals
- CHEM 1101 General Chem for Health Sci
- CHEM 1102 Lab for CHEM 1101
- CHEM 1161 General Chemistry
- CHEM 1162 Lab for CHEM 1161
- CHEM 1211 General Chemistry 1
- CHEM 1212 Lab for CHEM 1211
- CHEM 1214 General Chemistry 2
- CHEM 1215 Lab for CHEM 1214
- CHEM 2311 Organic Chemistry 1
- CHEM 2312 Lab for CHEM 2311
- CHEM 2313 Organic Chemistry 2
- CHEM 2314 Lab for CHEM 2313
- CHEM 2317 Organic Chem 2: Chem Majors
- CHEM 2318 Lab for CHEM 2317
- CHEM 3431 Physical Chemistry
- CHNS 1101 Elementary Chinese 1
- CHNS 1102 Elementary Chinese 2
- CHNS 2101 Intermediate Chinese 1
- CHNS 2102 Intermediate Chinese 2
- CHNS 3101 Advanced Chinese 1
- COMM 1101 Intro Communication Studies
- COMM 1112 Public Speaking
- COMM 2301 Communication Research Methods
- CRIM 1100 Intro to Criminal Justice
- CRIM 1110 Criminal Due Process
- CS 1800 Discrete Structures
- CS 2000 Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
- CS 2001 Lab for CS 2000
- CS 2100 Program Design & Implementation 1
- CS 2101 Lab for CS 2100
- CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1
- CS 2501 Lab for CS 2500
- CS 2800 Logic and Computation
- CS 3000 Algorithms and Data
- CS 3100 Program Design & Implementation 2
- CS 3101 Lab for CS 3100
- CS 3200 Introduction to Databases
- DS 2500 Intermediate Programming with Data
- DS 2501 Lab for DS 2500
- DS 3000 Foundations of Data Science
- ECON 1115 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 1116 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 2315 Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON 2316 Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 2350 Statistics for Economists
- ECON 2560 Applied Econometrics
- ENVR 1110 Global Climate Change
- ENVR 2500 Biostatistics
- ENVR 2501 Lab for ENVR 2500
- FINA 2201 Financial Management
- FINA 2209 Financial Management
- FINA 3301 Corporate Finance
- FINA 3303 Investments
- FRNH 1101 Elementary French 1
- FRNH 1102 Elementary French 2
- FRNH 2101 Intermediate French 1
- FRNH 2102 Intermediate French 2
- FRNH 3101 Advanced French 1
- FRNH 3102 Advanced French 2
- GRMN 1101 Elementary German 1
- GRMN 1102 Elementary German 2
- GRMN 2101 Intermediate German 1
- GRMN 2102 Intermediate German 2
- GRMN 3101 Advanced German 1
- GRMN 3102 Advanced German 2
- HBRW 1101 Elementary Hebrew 1
- HBRW 1102 Elementary Hebrew 2
- HBRW 2101 Intermediate Hebrew 1
- HBRW 2102 Intermediate Hebrew 2
- INNO 2301 Innovation!
- INTB 1203 International Business and Global Social Responsibility
- ITLN 1101 Elementary Italian 1
- ITLN 1102 Elementary Italian 2
- ITLN 2101 Intermediate Italian 1
- ITLN 2102 Intermediate Italian 2
- ITLN 3101 Advanced Italian 1
- JPNS 1101 Elementary Japanese 1
- JPNS 1102 Elementary Japanese 2
- JPNS 2101 Intermediate Japanese 1
- JPNS 2102 Intermediate Japanese 2
- JPNS 3101 Advanced Japanese 1
- KORE 1101 Elementary Korean 1
- LING 1150 Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- MATH 1213 Interactive Mathematics
- MATH 1215 Mathematical Thinking
- MATH 1231 Calculus for Business and Economics
- MATH 1241 Calculus 1
- MATH 1365 Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
- MATH 2331 Linear Algebra
- MATH 3081 Probability and Statistics
- MATH 3175 Group Theory
- MATH 3181 Adv Probability and Statistics
- MATH 3275 Advanced Group Theory
- MGSC 2301 Business Statistics
- MISM 2301 Management Information Systems
- MISM 2510 Fundamentals of Info Analytics
- MKTG 2201 Introduction to Marketing
- MKTG 2209 Introduction to Marketing
- MSCR 1220 Media, Culture, and Society
- MUSC 1119 Fundamentals of Music Theory
- MUSC 1201 Music Theory 1
- MUSC 1202 Music Theory 2
- MUSC 2350 Acoustics/Psychoacoustcs Music
- NRSG 2001 Foundations Prof Nursing Prac
- NRSG 2350 Integ Patho & Pharm Nrsg Prac
- NRSG 3302 Nursing with Women & Families
- NRSG 3320 Nursing Care of Adults 1
- PHIL 1102 Intro to Contemporary Moral Issues
- PHIL 1115 Introduction to Logic
- PHIL 1165 Moral &Soc Prblms in Hlthcare
- PHIL 2330 Modern Philosophy
- PHTH 2210 Foundations of Biostatistics
- PHYS 1141 General Physics
- PHYS 1145 Physics for Life Sciences 1
- PHYS 1146 Lab for PHYS 1145
- PHYS 1147 Physics for Life Sciences 2
- PHYS 1148 Lab for PHYS 1147
- PHYS 1161 Physics 1
- PHYS 1162 Lab for PHYS 1161
- PHYS 1175 Physics 2 for Bioscience
- PHYS 1176 Lab for PHYS 1175
- PHYS 2303 Modern Physics
- POLS 1150 American Government
- POLS 1155 Comparative Politics
- POLS 1160 International Relations
- POLS 2325 Ancient Phil/Political Thought
- PORT 1101 Elementary Portuguese 1
- PORT 1102 Elementary Portuguese 2
- PORT 2101 Intermediate Portuguese 1
- PORT 2102 Intermediate Portuguese 2
- PSYC 1101 Foundations of Psychology
- PSYC 2320 Statistics in Psychological Research
- PSYC 3200 Clinical Neuroanatomy
- PSYC 3402 Social Psychology
- PSYC 3404 Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3452 Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 3458 Biological Psychology
- PSYC 3464 Psychology of Language
- RSSN 1101 Elementary Russian 1
- RSSN 1102 Elementary Russian 2
- RSSN 2101 Intermediate Russian 1
- RSSN 3101 Advanced Russian 1
- SCHM 230 1Supply Chain and Operations Management
- SOCL 1101 Introduction to Sociology
- SPNS 1101 Elementary Spanish 1
- SPNS 1102 Elementary Spanish 2
- SPNS 2101 Intermediate Spanish 1
- SPNS 2102 Intermediate Spanish 2
- SPNS 3101 Advanced Spanish 1
- SPNS 3102 Advanced Spanish 2
Please contact us at peertutoring@northeastern.edu with any questions or concerns.