What kind of teaching assistant (TA) opportunities are available?
Year 1: Departmental fellows can work as a grader assistant for 9 hours/week Years 2 and 3: A holder of a departmental fellowship usually designated as a TA in one undergrad course during one semester each year (work includes teaching a section of a large class, grading papers and exams, or even giving an occasional lecture, depending upon the nature of the class–rougly 18 hours/week) Years 4 and 5: A total of at least 3 paid teaching assistantships are assured to departmental fellows (an average of 9 hours per week throughout the 28 weeks of the academic year or an average of 18 hours per week during the 14 weeks in both semesters) There will continue to be flexibility within these general guidelines, depending upon the needs of each student and of the department in a given year.
