For Students

LAs are high performing students who have previously completed the course which they are helping to teach. Unlike typical undergraduate teaching assistants, whose involvement might be limited to passing out materials or setting up the classroom or laboratory, LAs are actively involved in teaching, alongside faculty or graduate teaching fellows.

In the classroom, LAs can lead activities, facilitate small group discussions, give demonstrations, provide students with explanations, and even give lectures. While they are supervised by faculty or teaching fellows, they are given the independence to develop their own teaching styles.

LAs learn about pedagogy, the methods of teaching, in a 2-credit course through the School of Education, SC521. In this course, new LAs read and discuss relevant education pedagogy, reflect on and share their experiences in the classroom, and learn about specific discipline-based techniques they can implement.

LA-assisted courses are available in the following departments and programs:

Biology:

BI105: Intro Bio for Health Sciences
BI107: Biology I
BI108: Biology II
BI/NE116: Integrated Science Experience I
BI210: Human Anatomy
BI211: Human Physiology
BI/NE218: Integrated Science Experience II
BI315: Systems Physiology

Chemistry:

CH101: General Chemistry I
CH102: General Chemistry II
CH109/111: Advanced General/Intensive Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab I
CH110/112: Advanced General/Intensive Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab II
CH171: Principles of General Chemistry I
CH172: Principles of Organic and Biochemistry

Earth and Environment:

EE100: Environmental Change and Sustainability
EE105: Environmental Earth Sciences
EE107: Introduction to Climate and Earth System Science
EE375: Introduction to Quantitative Environmental Modeling

Engineering:

EK301: Engineering Mechanics I
ME357: Introduction to CAD and Machine Components

Mathematics:

MA113: Elementary Statistics

Neuroscience:

NE101: Introduction to Neuroscience
NE102: Introduction to Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology
NE/BI116: Integrated Science Experience I
NE203: Principles of Neuroscience with Lab
NE204: Introduction to Computational Models of Brain & Behavior
NE212: Introduction to MATLAB Programming for Research in Psychological & Brain Sciences
NE/BI218: Integrated Science Experience II

Physics:

PY104: Physics of Health Sciences (Sargent)
PY105: Elementary Physics I
PY106: Elementary Physics II
PY211: General Physics I
PY212: General Physics II
PY241: Principles of General Physics I
PY242: Principles of General Physics II
PY251: Principles of Physics I
PY252: Principles of Physics II
PY313: Elementary Modern Physics
PY351: Modern Physics I
PY355: Methods of Theoretical Physics
PY405: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves I
PY406: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
PY408: Intermediate Mechanics
PY410: Statistical Physics
PY451: Quantum Physics I
PY452: Quantum Physics II

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies:

WS101: Gender and Sexuality I: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
WS102: Gender and Sexuality II: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences:

HS369: Gross Human Anatomy