The Writing Center... providing guidance for writing, reading, and study skills across the curriculum.

Tutoring Hours: 

Appointments are required for tutoring (same day appointments are often possible). 
To make or to cancel an appointment, click on the blue button shown below:

For instructions on how to make an appointment, download this guide

Writing Center policies:

• Arrive 5 minutes early to sign in. 
• Sessions are 45 minutes.
• Students are limited to 1 session per day.
• Students are limited to 2 appointments per week.
• Students may request up to 12 appointments per semester.
• A Writing Center Session Report will be sent to your instructor.

When you come in for an appointment:

• Identify a goal for your consultation/tutoring session.

• Bring your instructor's assignment guidelines (if working on a specific assignment)

• Remember that the consultant's/tutor’s goal is to help a student gain a greater understanding of writing or reading comprehension concepts and skills. The consultant is not permitted to edit (i.e. fix) a student's paper for the student or to complete homework for the student.

Individual Consultations (Tutoring)

The Writing Center has consultants available to work with students one-on-one on writing and study skills. These personalized consultations (i.e. tutoring sessions) are available to all currently enrolled Moorpark College students at no charge (see COL MO5 below).

Writing Center consultants will help students improve writing skills for courses across the curriculum (ex. English, Philosophy, Science, History etc), as well as for personal development or higher educational goals (ex. transfer/admission essays).

While appointments are often assignment driven, we recommend students come in as soon as they become aware of their writing or study/reading needs. The Writing Center consultants can help students discover ways to identify and clarify ideas, refine a topic, outline or map ideas, and develop the skills needed to work independently.

E-Mail Consultations

Students may send a question or an essay/paper to our e-mail at MCWritingCenter@vcccd.edu

Please provide the following required information:

• Your name and your student ID number
• The name of the course and the professor's name
• The type of assignment (examples: narrative essay, research paper, critique etc)
• Any directions from the instructor about the requirements of the assignment (examples: 5 pages, MLA citation, use classical argument etc)
• What concerns you might have or your questions about the paper

A consultant will provide brief comments and guiding questions on the essays in order to help students better understand their own grammatical needs and to pinpoint the areas within the writing that may need clarification.

Please use MS Word if attaching a paper.

On-line Consultations

On-line writing consultations are available by drop in.  See open hours above to link to instructions. appointment. 

COL MO5 "Supervised Tutoring Across the Curriculum"

In Fall and Spring semesters, students need to enroll in COL MO5, "Supervised Tutoring across the Curriculum," either before they receive Writing Center services or at their first appointments.  COL MO5 is listed under the department called COLLEGE in the catalog.  Students can register themselves at anytime in the semester by using the WebStar system. 

COL MO5 is a 0 unit course. It is not graded.  It does not appear on transcripts.  It is free to all currently registered Moorpark College students.

Once registered, students gain access not only to our on-site services, but also to our WebCT VISTA course shell.  COL MO5 registered students can find that shell by logging on to the MyVCCCD student portal and then clicking on WebCT VISTA.

Moorpark College is committed to providing an equal opportunity to students, employees, and the public, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or veteran status.  Please call (805) 378-1403 or see the catalog for more detail.