What is a Senior Teaching Assistantship?
This a form of financial aid awarded to Teaching Assistants in the doctoral program after they have completed their course work. The Senior TA consists of a cash stipend plus tuition remission only for the zero-credit courses needed to maintain continuous enrollment status. Senior TAs teach three classes a year on their own. These classes almost always are Principles of Macro and Principles of Micro. There is an orientation process for TAs to assist them in making this transition; the orientation begins during the term before they begin to work as Senior TAs, and continues through their first semester of teaching.
