Office Hours
and 1-on-1s
Office Hours
Office Hours (sometimes abbreviated "OH") are a great place to get help on homework, clarification on concepts introduced in class, or meet other students. They are held in a common space (such as a TA's office, a conference room, or a "breakout" space) and are hosted by one or more staff members.
Some office hours are virtual-only or mixed virtual-and-in-person; OHs which have a virtual component use the queue spreadsheet (you must be logged in using your @cs account) and you should add yourself to it as soon as you arrive. However, most office hours are in-person-only; please pay attention to room capacity limits and wait outside the room if the capacity is met.
One-on-Ones (1-on-1s or 1:1s)
If you can't attend an office or need to discuss something privately, you can request a 1-on-1 with the staff. Please submit a request in advance (>2 days); it may take some time for us to respond and process your request. As you might expect, requests sent two hours before an assignment is due is unlikely to be fulfilled "in time".
To request a 1-on-1, please send us a private message on Ed or email cse344-staff@cs. Your request must contain:
The staff members you are comfortable meeting with
We may not be able to find a time with the people you select; if this happens, we will reach out to discuss meeting with someone else or meeting at a different time.
To avoid this possibility, we recommend choosing 3+ staff members if you are able
A 1-2 sentence description of what you'd like to discuss
Time slots you are able to meet, approximately 30-60 mins in duration
Recall that these time slots must be >2 days in the future