{"id":9008,"date":"2013-01-11T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T21:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=9008"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:26:57","slug":"faculty-office-hours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/students\/faculty-office-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2026 Office Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">CS Department Office Hours<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p>MET CS Staff are available to assist with topics such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Department policy questions<\/li>\n<li>Program requirement clarifications<\/li>\n<li>Transfer credit\/waiver requests<\/li>\n<li>Applications for graduation<\/li>\n<li>Program\/Concentration change requests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, 3rd Floor\u00a0<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><strong>Office Hours: <\/strong>Monday &#8211; Friday from 9 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/ronette-lyle\/\">Ronette Lyle<\/a>, Senior Academic Program Administrator<br \/>\nTuesday 1 p.m. &#8211; 3 p.m. (1010 Commonwealth Avenue, 334)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Peer help via Zoom<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Connect with on campus\/blended course teaching assistants through\u00a0Zoom Live Classrooms integrated into the Blackboard sites of each respective course. Please confirm meeting times directly with your course Teaching Assistant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peer help expectations :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Students should come prepared with questions and topics they want to discuss.<\/li>\n<li>Peer helpers guide students in the understanding of core concepts and can help answer questions they may have.<\/li>\n<li>Peer helpers are not professors and students should not expect them to be field experts. Students looking for answers from an expert in the field should set up an appointment with their professor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Peer Help Drop-In Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teaching Assistant Office Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Tutoring for online students<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Smarthinking&#x2122; is an award-winning online tutor service available to all online students free of charge. Smarthinking provides tutoring in a variety of subjects. The Smarthinking service may be used for Boston University online classwork only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/student-resources\/smarthinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt; Learn more about Smarthinking<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Faculty Office Hours<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Full time faculty office hours are listed below or you may email faculty directly to schedule appointments. Part time faculty office hours are available on the course syllabus or you may email for an appointment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/farshid-alizadeh-shabdiz\/\"><strong>Professor Farshid Alizadeh<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/scott-arena\/\"><strong>Professor Scott Arena<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/12878\/\"><strong>Professor Eric Braude<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWednesdays 9:00 p.m. &#8211; 11:00 p.m. (online)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/2019\/02\/22\/john-day\/\"><strong>Professor John Day<\/strong><\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>By appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/andrew-gorlin\/\"><strong>Professor Andrew Gorlin<\/strong><\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>By appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/suresh-kalathur\/\"><strong>Professor Suresh Kalathur<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMondays 4 p.m. &#8211; 5:30 p.m. (1010 Commonwealth Avenue, 304)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/vijay-kanabar\/\"><strong>Professor Vijay Kanabar<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMondays 2:00 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/jae-young-lee\/\"><strong>Professor Jae Young Lee<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/eugene-pinsky\/\"><strong>Professor Eugene Pinsky<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFriday 11:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/reza-rawassizadeh\/\">Professor Reza Rawassizadeh<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBy appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/avinash-mohan\/\"><strong>Professor Avi Mohan<\/strong><\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Tue and Thu 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., or by appointment<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/guanglan-zhang\/\">Professor Guanglan Zhang<\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/strong>Thursday 10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:30 a.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/ming-zhang\/\">Professor Ming Zhang<\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/strong>Mon &amp; Tue 5:00 p.m. &#8211; 6:00 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/19931\/\"><strong>Professor Shengzhi Zhang<\/strong><\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Monday 2:30 p.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/yuting-zhang\/\">Professor Yuting Zhang<\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/strong>Tuesday 3:30 p.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1931,"featured_media":0,"parent":13209,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1931"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9008"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31353,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9008\/revisions\/31353"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}