Academic Advisement & Career Counseling

Upon admission to Brewton-Parker, first-year students are enrolled in freshman learning communities of approximately 25 students each categorized by a common meta-major (a cluster of similar or related majors and programs).

Two academic advising and career specialists, together with a student success coach, staff a central advising office within the SEC to provide all freshman and sophomore students with close monitoring of progress, academic coaching and follow-up as needed, and timely intervention when necessary to help students address challenges and remain on track to degree completion.

Our career specialists also serve as counselors to help identify and connect students’ professional goals with appropriate pathways and majors, as well as to offer career workshops, facilitate career inventories, and assist students with searches for part-time jobs and internships.

Tutoring and Study Groups

With a professional tutor on staff and a corps of 10-15 peer tutors the SEC provides no-cost tutoring for all Brewton-Parker students, available either in-person or virtually on the Mount Vernon campus, and either one-on-one or in small-group study sessions. The SEC offers tutoring in mathematics, the natural and behavioral sciences, the humanities, Christian studies, business, student success, and more. The college also has a partnership with Pear Deck Tutoring, which provides live face-to-face tutoring 24/7 on a virtual platform so that students can receive the assistance needed after office hours or when available. The tutoring service also includes review of college papers or other assignments presented reasonably in advance of submission for evaluation by the instructor.

Writing Studio and Lab

First-year students needing additional help in completing the initial course in the required freshman writing sequence – Writing and Rhetoric (ENG 101) – may be referred to the SEC for writing tutoring. 

In addition, after completing the freshman writing sequence in the core curriculum, all students are required for graduation to complete two "Writing Intensive" (WI) courses and a discipline-specific capstone course in their major field of study. WI courses require a minimum of 3,000 words of original composition valued at 20% or more of the final course grade, together with a required one-on-one tutoring session and a writing workshop.

Through its Writing Studio and professional staff the SEC provides both the venue and the academic coaching necessary to complete these requirements.

Mental Health Counseling

Brewton-Parker's commitment to whole-student development as part of its institutional mission encompasses mental health as a key component of the college experience for all students. To satisfy that commitment the SEC includes a dedicated Counseling Center located in Room 118 of the Parker Building (next door to Cook), as well as a counseling annex in the Cadle Building. Students may schedule appointments confidentially by clicking the button below.

Proctored & Accommodated Testing

For students qualified as "individuals with a disability” under a Section 504 Plan, the SEC provides proctored, extended-time, or other forms of accommodated testing in an isolated or small-group setting as suggested by the specified disabilities. Students or their course instructors may schedule such testing by clicking the button below.

Academic Integrity Training

Students adjudged to have violated the college's Academic Integrity policy may be required to complete one or more academic integrity training modules as part of their sanctions. The SEC staff administers and monitors these modules through the Brightspace learning management system (LMS) and certifies to the Provost when students have successfully completed all requirements of the assigned module(s). Both students and system administrators may schedule such training by clicking the button below.