In this paper, a required Undergraduate Consultation course is described and evaluated. The junior and senior level students who enroll in the course are used as assistants in both closed and open labs for first-year and second-year computer science courses. Whether the course should be required or even offered at all has generated quite a bit of spirited debate, both locally and externally. In order to evaluate the course in a fair and balanced manner, many different constituents were surveyed: students enrolled in the course (hereafter referred to as consultants), students being helped by the consultants, the teaching assistants who oversee the laboratories, the instructors who oversee the consultants, and external computer science educators. The course is described in detail in section one. In sections two through five, feedback regarding the course is presented. Finally, section six synthesizes the findings and makes some recommendations regarding the course.
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