{"id":790,"date":"2015-09-22T11:19:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/laprogram\/?page_id=790"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:06:16","slug":"for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/laprogram\/for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"For Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LA5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

LA-assisted courses are available in the following departments and programs:<\/span><\/p>\n

Biology:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

BI105: Intro Bio for Health Sciences
\nBI107: Biology I
\nBI108: Biology II
\nBI\/NE116: Integrated Science Experience I
\nBI210: Human Anatomy
\nBI211: Human Physiology
\nBI\/NE218: Integrated Science Experience II
\nBI315: Systems Physiology<\/span><\/p>\n

Chemistry:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CH101: General Chemistry I
\n<\/span>CH102: General Chemistry II
\nCH109\/111: Advanced General\/Intensive Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab I
\nCH110\/112: Advanced General\/Intensive Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab II
\nCH171: Principles of General Chemistry I
\nCH172: Principles of Organic and Biochemistry<\/p>\n

Earth and Environment:<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/h2>\n

EE100: Environmental Change and Sustainability
\nEE105: Environmental Earth Sciences
\nEE107: Introduction to Climate and Earth System Science
\nEE375: Introduction to Quantitative Environmental Modeling<\/p>\n

Engineering:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

EK301: Engineering Mechanics I
\nME357: Introduction to CAD and Machine Components<\/span><\/p>\n

Mathematics:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

MA113: Elementary Statistics
\nMA213: Basic Statistics and Probability
\nMA214: Applied Statistics
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Neuroscience:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NE101: Introduction to Neuroscience
\nNE102: Introduction to Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology
\nNE\/BI116: Integrated Science Experience I
\nNE203: Principles of Neuroscience with Lab
\nNE204: Introduction to Computational Models of Brain & Behavior
\nNE212: Introduction to MATLAB Programming for Research in Psychological & Brain Sciences
\nNE\/BI218: Integrated Science Experience II<\/span><\/p>\n

Physics:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

PY104: Physics of Health Sciences (Sargent)
\n<\/span>PY105: Elementary Physics I
\nPY106: Elementary Physics II
\nPY211: General Physics I
\nPY212: General Physics II
\nPY241: <\/span>Principles of General Physics I
\n<\/span>PY242: Principles of General Physics II
\nPY251: Principles of Physics I
\nPY252: Principles of Physics II
\n<\/span>PY313: Elementary Modern Physics
\nPY351: Modern Physics I
\n<\/span>PY355: Methods of Theoretical Physics
\nPY405: <\/span>Electromagnetic Fields and Waves I
\n<\/span>PY406: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
\nPY408: Intermediate Mechanics<\/span>
\nPY410: Statistical Physics
\nPY451: Quantum Physics I
\nPY452: Quantum Physics II<\/p>\n

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WS101:\u00a0<\/span>Gender and Sexuality I: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
\nWS102: Gender and Sexuality II: An Interdisciplinary Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences:<\/h2>\n

HS369: Gross Human Anatomy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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