{"id":4025,"date":"2021-12-01T14:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/chemistry\/?page_id=4025"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:56:03","slug":"undergraduate-teaching-assistant-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/undergraduate-teaching-assistant-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Opportunities\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2 id=\"become-an-undergraduate-ta-in-the-department-of-chemistry\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Become an Undergraduate TA in the Department of Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Department of Chemistry, undergraduate students with a competitive GPA will be offered&nbsp;<strong>Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships (UG-TA)<\/strong>. Normally, there are&nbsp;<u>twenty to twenty-two UG-TA positions<\/u>&nbsp;in each fall and winter term, and&nbsp;<u>four to six positions<\/u>&nbsp;in the summer term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A UG-TA is both an award and a real job, and being a UG-TA requires&nbsp;<strong>5 hours per week<\/strong>&nbsp;(65 hours per term)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"how-do-i-qualify\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do I qualify?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0year students with a\u00a0<strong>top 5%<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>GPA\u00a0<\/strong>in a major in Chemistry, Food Science, or Nanotech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0year and\/or 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year students with a\u00a0<strong>top 15%<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>GPA<\/strong>\u00a0in a major in Chemistry, Food Science, or Nanotech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Obtained\u00a0<strong>a grade of \u201cA\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0or above in the course\/lab to TA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be\u00a0<strong>well-organized and responsible<\/strong>. If you failed to finish the UG-TA duties on time or had complaints from students, your future UG-TA will be affected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"how-can-i-apply\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can I apply?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please submit your application in&nbsp;<strong>Carleton Central \u2013 TA Outside priority<\/strong>. The Department will email you with details if you qualify for UG-TA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"your-responsibilities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Your Responsibilities<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guide students in labs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark assignments, tests and enter grades<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide feedback to students and address student questions via email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hold office hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"your-benefits\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Your Benefits<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remuneration at a rate of $24\/hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Department-issued TA certificate after successfully completing the job for two terms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reference letter by lab coordinator after successfully completing the job for two terms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experience to add to your resume<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"training\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Training<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mandatory and voluntary training opportunities are available through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/teaching-assistants\/training\/\">Teaching and Learning Services<\/a>, or Carleton Central<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become an Undergraduate TA in the Department of Chemistry In the Department of Chemistry, undergraduate students with a competitive GPA will be offered&nbsp;Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships (UG-TA). Normally, there are&nbsp;twenty to twenty-two UG-TA positions&nbsp;in each fall and winter term, and&nbsp;four to six positions&nbsp;in the summer term. A UG-TA is both an award and a real job, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-4025","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4026,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4025\/revisions\/4026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=4025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}