Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
An Undergraduate Instructional Apprentice (Tutor) is an upper-division student who serves as a teaching assistant in an undergraduate course under the supervision of a faculty member.
Benefits
- Learn how to teach through actual practice
- Develop professional relationship with faculty member
- Earn 4 (or up to 8) units of elective credit (ECON 195) for work performed; second time Tutors may be paid an hourly wage
- Solidify knowledge of Economics major
Duties of a Tutor
- Attend all lectures
- Hold office hours (one to two hours per week)
- Hold two one-hour problem sections per week
- Assist with grading of homework, papers, or exams
Minimum requirements for being a Tutor
- Completion of at least 90 units of course work at UC San Diego
- Completion of at least six upper-division Economics classes, including the relevant core courses
- Minimum GPA of 3.5 in Economics, and minimum overall GPA of 3.0
- Completion of the course to which you are applying
- Achievement of an "A-" or better in the requested lower division course or an "A" or "A+" for the requested upper division course
Application for Winter Quarter 2010
- Will be accepted for review beginning 10/30/09 (WI10 schedule available on TritonLink beginning 10/30/09)
- Must be submitted by 11/18/09
- Download and complete the application (PDF)
- Submit to the Economics Undergraduate Advising Office during office hours
or through our mail slot
- Attach a copy of your most current degree audit
- Submit via email (due at midnight on 11/18/09)
- Save file as "lastname_firstnameWI10TutorApp.pdf"
- Email file AND a copy of your most current degree audit to the Tutor Coordinator
- Submit to the Economics Undergraduate Advising Office during office hours
or through our mail slot
If you have any questions regarding the tutor application or process, please contact the Tutor Coordinator.
POLICY
Working Hours
- Service period of employment - first week of the quarter through the end of final exam week
- Weekly hours - 3 hours of lecture attendance; 1-2 office hours; 2 problem section hours; and varying time requirements for grading. Under no circumstances are Tutors authorized to work over 20 hours per week
- Without exception: Tutors must carry out job responsibilities through final exam week
ECON 195 Enrollment (applies to First-time Tutors and Tutors working for academic credit):
- Required enrollment in ECON 195, Introduction to Teaching Economics, for units
- Ask an Economics Academic Advisor to be cleared
