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What does undergraduate tutor mean?
Undergraduate tutors refer to teachers or researchers who guide undergraduates to study, pursue advanced studies or write academic papers in colleges and universities.

Tutorial system for undergraduates originated from Oxford University in England in14th century. It is a system of providing tutors for students, and tutors give individual guidance and personnel training to students' study, conduct and life.

In China's higher education, the tutorial system is generally used to train graduate students and doctoral students. With the implementation of the credit system in colleges and universities, the expansion of enrollment and the reform of the education system, the tutorial system in undergraduate education has gradually won people's attention and attention.

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The main responsibilities of undergraduate tutors are:

1. Guide students to set up correct professional ideas, guide students to be familiar with professional talent training programs and course syllabus, and guide students in course selection, professional development direction selection, learning methods, career design and other aspects according to their individual differences.

2. Set an example and influence students with their rigorous academic attitude and excellent professional ethics; Pay attention to the healthy development of students' personality and the cultivation of scientific spirit and humanistic spirit.

3. Care about students' psychological development, guide students to establish a correct outlook on life and values, guide students to clarify their learning goals and success goals, correct their learning attitudes, and promote the coordinated development of students' knowledge, ability and quality.

4, guide students to participate in scientific research training, and consciously cultivate students' innovative consciousness, practical ability and comprehensive quality.

5. Instruct students to design and write graduation thesis.

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South China University of Technology-Measures for the Implementation of Tutorial System for Undergraduates in Foreign Languages College of South China University of Technology