Scholarship application forms are distributed to all Astronomy majors in the January issue of the departmental Newsletter. Application deadlines are normally set for early March. Award decisions are made by a faculty committee, subject to approval by the University Financial Aid Office. Awards are usually annouced around April 1. Every year the Astronomy Department hires 10-20 undergraduate students to assist in the teaching program.
Preference is given to our own majors.
The hourly wage depends on experience and the level of responsibility involved. Besides providing some extra money, these jobs provide you with some experience in teaching related activities, which can often be very rewarding on its own. Below we list the positions which are expected to be available next year. We also list the qualifications we normally expect for the jobs. We will occasionally relax these requirements in an exceptional case, but they provide a general indication of the experience required.