Academic Resources

MMA’s Academic Division offers many support services for students. Besides those listed below, new students receive mid-semester grades in all courses to help gauge their academic progress. An academic alert system, in use by most faculty, encourages use of support services and promotes student success.

Center for Student Success: 24 hour study areas, Writing Center, tutoring help, Accessibility Services offices and more

Extra subject-area help: check here for scheduled help sessions

Faculty office hours: all faculty hold weekly office hours to help students outside of class

Individual peer-tutoring program: contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MMA Tutoring Coordinator. This free program is for students who need additional help not met by other support services.

Nutting Memorial Library: includes 24 hour study lounge, helpful librarians, thousands of books and online resources, ask-a-librarian texting, and more.

Performance Fostering Development program: special advisors meet weekly with individual students who are not in good academic standing.

Study Skills sessions: information on studying and organizing material, available to all new students.

Writing Center: click here for a schedule and other helpful resources.

Accommodations for Students with Learning Differences

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Maine Maritime Academy’s Accessibility Services office, located in the Center for Student Success, provides support services to students with learning disabilities. Accommodations can help enable academic success and personal growth in college programs at MMA.

The Accessibility Services This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. considers requests for accommodation from students with learning disabilities. To receive accommodation you must meet with the coordinator and:

1. Document your learning disability with Accessibility Services by providing a recent report from a qualified specialist that establishes the nature of the disability, the basis for the diagnosis, and the dates of testing.
2. Provide a recommendation from a qualified specialist of the specific accommodation that will offset the effects of the disability. A recent IEP, 504 plan, or Summary of Performance may contain this information.
3. Sign a release form. The form allows the Academy to notify personnel, on an as-needed Basis, to assist in making appropriate accommodation. By law, only those with a “need to know” may see documentation; an instructor may need to know the accommodation but does not need to see the documentation.

The Academy may conduct independent review of the records submitted and request you to submit to an independent medical examination. Accessibility Services will approve specific accommodations in the form of an accommodation letter. Students elect (or not) to disclose the disability to your instructor(s) and use the accommodation. For more information, contact Joceline Boucher, Accessibility Services coordinator: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; 207 326-2489; Center for Student Success – 54 Pleasant Street, Castine, ME 04420.