What is the typical teaching load for TAs?
Full time TAs are considered to have a 0.5 full time employment (FTE) assignment, meaning they are expected to work 20 hours/week as TAs. This time is distributed between student contact time, office hours, preparation, and grading. Generally first year TAs will teach in the freshman or organic lab courses, where they will be assigned approximately 10 hours/week of contact time. This work load is equivalent to 3 lab sections of freshman chemistry or 2 sections of organic chemistry.
