Teaching assistants must confirm both their acceptance of employment and of their specific assignments before the first week of classes. Failure to do so may lead to reallocation of the appointment. All students who accept offers of Teaching Assistantships have a contract to teach and are expected to be on campus no later than the first week of classes each semester. They should meet with the course instructor as soon as possible. Specific tutorial sections are allocated and course information is given by the instructor during that meeting.
Tutorials begin the second week of classes.
Failure to report to your instructor during the first week of classes may result in a reallocation of your assignment. Whenever the number of graduate students who have priority for appointment exceeds the number of TAships available in a given semester, preference shall be given to those eligible students who are deemed by the Department to be making normal progress toward the completion of the degree. As a rule, only those students who have registered in courses for no more than four semesters in an M.A. program or no more than eight semesters in a Ph.D. program, shall be deemed to be making normal progress. The normal rate of accumulation of course credits is three courses per semester in which students are registered for credit courses. Forms Teaching assistant preference forms are distributed in November for the Spring Semester, March for the Summer Semester, and July for the Fall Semester .