Summer Opportunities

Graduate students may apply for teaching assistant positions. Minimum eligibility requirements:

• UC San Diego graduate student, enrolled in at least 12 units in the previous spring quarter
• Minimum 3.000 GPA
• Some instructors may require completion of certain courses with stipulated grades.
• Those assisting for the first time will also complete an online training curriculum

Undergraduates may apply for Undergraduate Tutor positions. Minimum eligibility requirements:

Undergraduate Tutors - Students with prior experience as an Undergraduate Instructional Apprentice (UGIA) in a Biological Sciences class (via passing grade in BISP 195) are eligible to apply for Undergraduate Tutor (Tutor serving as a Teaching Apprentice) positions.

Minimum eligibility requirements:

• Prior completion of the same or equivalent course of theTutor assignment. Instructor may require completion of certain courses with stipulated grades (often a grade of A or B expected). See also, Alternative Qualifying Courses
• A cumulative 3.000 UC GPA at the time of application and during the quarter of assignment.
• A minimum of 90 units completed or transferred into UC San Diego at the time of application.

Restrictions for Tutors:

• Students may NOT assist in more than one course per term at UC San Diego

Actual duties for a particular course may vary. Complete descriptions of duties will be provided to selected applicants by the instructor of record for the course. Typical duties include:

Graduate IAs:

• Attend lectures
• Lead discussion section(s) or lab section(s)
• Hold office hours
• Assist with development of exams
• With faculty oversight, develop new (written) course material for use in discussion sections/ homework/ exams/quizzes/ review sessions
• Proctor and grade exams
• Meet regularly with the instructor
• Assist with course management
• Mentor undergraduate instructional assistants
• Other applicable duties as assigned by the instructor

Undergraduate IAs:

• Attend lectures
• Facilitate discussion or lab section, using written content generated by the instructor or graduate IA
• Hold office hours
• Provide feedback to instructors on exam drafts
• Proctor and grade exams
• Meet regularly with the instructor
• Other applicable duties as assigned by the instructor

Performance Evaluations and Standards

IAs are evaluated by the instructor of the course and by the students enrolled in the course.

Summer session assignments vary based on the course and associated workload. Typical assignments vary from 15-35 hours per week.

Most of these hours are accrued in the five-week summer session (I or II) and final exam (plus grading) period (see Schedule of Classes). If required, instructors will inform IAs of the need to work hours in the pre-session week.

Lower-Division and Upper-Division Lecture Courses: Graduate Teaching Assistants lead two or more discussion sections; Undergraduate Tutors lead one or more sections.

Upper-Division Lab Courses: Graduate Teaching Assistants lead one lab section each.

BILD 4: IAs lead one or more lab sections each.

• A Division of Biological Sciences’ team member will contact you by email if you must attend an employee hiring session. 
• Graduate students employed in Teaching Assistant title code 2310 and Undergraduate Tutors employed in title code 2860 are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between UC San Diego and the ASE/UAW. 
• Names and addresses of all ASEs are released to the UAW as a condition of employment in the represented title codes.
• See the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) website for additional information concerning Academic Student Employment (ASE).