Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
CORE 3001: Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
Undergraduate teaching assistantship (UTA), is 3 credit hour course designed for upper-level students, either a sophomore, junior, or senior, to gain experience assisting a college professor with a specific class for a semester.
Prerequisite: Students must have completed with a grade of “B” or higher the course for which they wish to serve as a UTA.
The Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship Provides students with opportunity to acquire experience in hands-on teaching and course development through a partnership with a faculty member. Students are expected to meet once a week with the UTA course instructor and to attend the classes for the course in which they are the assigned UTA.
UTAs have a wide variety of responsibilities, but it really depends on the professor they are a TA for.
Duties may include:
- Attending the assigned class on a regular basis
- Helping lead class group discussions or in class activities
- Tutoring students outside of class
- Holding study sessions with students prior to a quiz or test
- Delivering short lectures under the advisement of your professor (each student should give two lectures during the course of the semester)
- Helping the professor prepare for class
Please note: UTAs are not able to grade assignments but might assist with other types of student feedback.
Benefits to being a UTA
- Improve professional communication and presentation skills
- Improve leadership skills
- Improve time management skills
- Increase knowledge of course development
- Increase in knowledge and understanding of topics in your major or future career field
- Establish a relationship with a professor/mentor who can help you when applying to graduate school or jobs after college
How to apply to be a UTA
- Reach out to a faculty member you would like to work with. Please note, you must have taken that particular class with that professor and passed the class with a B or higher.
- If the faculty is open to the idea of having a UTA for that course complete the application. Click here to access the application.
- Once you have received notification that your application was accepted, register for CORE 3001.
Scan this code to access the application.
UTA Program Coordinator
Jan Schmitt MEd