{"id":796,"date":"2015-09-22T11:23:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/laprogram\/?page_id=796"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:21:45","slug":"for-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/laprogram\/for-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"For Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LA<\/a>LAs are undergraduates who assist faculty and teaching fellows in courses in which they have performed extremely well. While the LA program is currently limited to select STEM departments here at BU, we are working to expand within existing departments and to new departments.<\/span><\/p>\n

LAs are more than just undergraduate teaching assistants who hand out worksheets or restock supplies in the lab. They assist during instructor, by managing the classroom, answering student questions, and even teaching lessons. All new LAs are required to take a course at the School of Education in order to learn about teaching methods and practices; they then apply this knowledge alongside instructors in the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The LA program benefits instructors, students, and the LAs themselves, by helping instructors engage and communicate with students, by enriching students\u2019 learning experiences, and by expanding LAs\u2019 understanding of how teaching and learning function.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Current LA-assisted courses<\/h2>\n

Biology:<\/strong><\/h3>\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><\/h3>\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><\/h3>\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><\/h3>\n

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

Mathematics:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

MA113: Elementary Statistics
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Neuroscience:<\/strong><\/h3>\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><\/h3>\n

PY104: Physics of Health Sciences (Sargent)
\n<\/span>PY105: Elementary Physics I
\nPY106: Elementary Physics II
\nPY107: Physics of Food and Cooking
\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><\/h3>\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:<\/h3>\n

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

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