Northeastern Peer Tutors on the Knack Platform
Northeastern Peer Tutoring on the Knack tutoring platform is an additional free resource enabling our undergraduate students from across the Northeastern global network to learn from one another.
Northeastern Peer Tutors on Knack are fellow students who have previously aced the courses for which they offer assistance, and sessions can take place in person or online depending on your location. To view available tutors, visit northeastern.joinknack.com and sign in with your @northeastern.edu email address.
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
All undergraduate students across the Northeastern global network who are enrolled in courses on our supported course list are eligible to receive tutoring on Knack. See below for the list of supported courses for Summer 2, 2025 and how to book a tutoring session on Knack.
Summer 2 Supported Courses on Knack
- 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
How it Works
- Sign up for Knack with your Northeastern email address at northeastern.joinknack.com
- Submit a tutoring request for any supported course(s) in which you are currently enrolled, and include comments about what you would like to cover in your session (NOTE: Enter the exact course code found on “My Schedule” on the Student Hub in order to find the correct course)
- Respond to a tutor’s message from your request and Request a session
- Join and Start your session
- Leave a review for your tutor, and complete the required student-recap after your session
Questions?
Explore the Knack Help Center to find useful Knack articles and FAQs.
For questions/issues accessing or using Northeastern Peer Tutoring on the Knack platform, please reach out to Knack’s Student Success Team support via email at support@joinknack.com or Knack Support 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.ed