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 Summer 2, 2025.
On Knack, eligible students will 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.
Please contact us at peertutoring@northeastern.edu with any questions or concerns.
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. Knack shares with us and Student Employment the list of all the Northeastern peer tutors on the Knack platform including their work hours on a weekly basis. 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 communication 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.
Summer 2 Supported Courses on Knack
The courses below will be supported on Knack for Summer 2, 2025.
- ACCT 1201 Financl Accounting & Reporting
- ACCT 2301 Profit Analysis for Manager and Advis
- BIOL 1111 General Biology 1
- BIOL 1112 Lab for BIOL 1111
- BIOL 2301 Genetics & Molecular Biology
- BIOL 2302 Lab for BIOL 2301
- BIOL 2309 Biology Project Lab
- BIOL 3611 Biochemistry
- BIOL 3612 Lab for BIOL 3611
- CHEM 2311 Organic Chemistry 1
- CHEM 2312 Lab for CHEM 2311
- CHEM 2313 Organic Chemistry 2
- CHEM 2314 Lab for CHEM 2313
- COMM 1112 Public Speaking
- CS 1800 Discrete Structures
- CS 3200 Introduction to Databases
- CS 3500 Object-Oriented Design
- DS 2000 Programming with Data
- DS 3000 Foundations of Data Science
- ECON 1115 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 1116 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 2315 Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON 2316 Microeconomic Theory
- FINA 2201 Financial Management
- INTB 1203 Intl Bus and Social Resp
- MATH 1231 Calculus for Business/Econ
- MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Sci/Engr
- MATH 1342 Calculus 2 for Sci/Engr
- MATH 2321 Calculus 3 for Sci/Engr
- MATH 2331 Linear Algebra
- MATH 2341 Diff Eq and Lin Alg for Engr
- MATH 3081 Probability and Statistics
- MGSC 2301 Business Statistics
- MISM 2301 Intro to Info Systems Dig tech
- MKTG 2201 Introduction to Marketing
- MUSC 1119 Fundamentals of Music Theory
- NRSG 2220 Hlth Assess & Fund Nrsg Skills
- NRSG 2221 Lab for NRSG 2220 & NRSG 2222
- NRSG 2350 Integ Patho & Pharm Nrsg Prac
- NRSG 3302 Nursing with Women & Families
- NRSG 3320 Nursing Care of Adults 1
- PHIL 1165 Moral & Soc Prblms in Hlthcare
- 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 1151 Physics for Engineering 1
- PHYS 1152 Lab for PHYS 1151
- PSYC 1101 Foundations of Psychology
- PSYC 2320 Stats in Psychological Resrch
- PSYC 3200 Clinical Neuroanatomy
- PSYC 3404 Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3458 Biological Psychology
- SCHM 2302 Supply Chain & Operations Mgmt
- SOCL 1101 Introduction to Sociology
- SPNS 2101 Intermediate Spanish 1
Please contact us at peertutoring@northeastern.edu with any questions or concerns.