UTA for Bio151 or Bio 152 with Rounds
BIO 151/152 (Rounds) Undergraduate Teaching Assistants for Fall 2025
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) for BIO 151 and Bio 152 develop their teaching and leadership skills and deepen their understanding of biology by attending lectures, leading or helping to lead discussion sections, facilitating review sessions, tutoring students during office hours, providing feedback on student work, and meeting weekly with me and other TAs.
This upcoming fall semester we have two categories of UTAs.
- Bio 151 Lead UTAs will lead their own 50-minute discussion section, these will be paid positions. In addition to leading a discussion section, these UTAs will be expected to attend class (MWF 11:15-12:05), attend weekly group meetings, proctor exams, provide feedback on student work (discussion work and open response exam questions) and attend weekly meetings. These positions will be 8 hours per week at $18 per hour ($2160 for the semester). Seniors with extensive experience may be able to lead two discussion sections (10 hours per week). I will be selecting lead UTAs based on previous UTA experience with my courses.
- Bio 151 Supportive UTAs will help lead a 50-minute discussion section, attend class (MWF 11:15-12:05), run review sessions, take notes, proctor exams, attend weekly group meetings, and provide feedback on exam open-response questions. Supportive UTAs will earn course credit (2 credits of BIO 398A, graded P/F). I will be selecting supportive UTAs based on previous experience (taking the course or uTAing) in my courses.
- Bio152, attend class (MWF 12:20-1:10), run review sessions, proctor exams, take notes, attend weekly group meetings, grade problem sets and provide feedback on exam open-response questions. Bio152 UTAs will earn course credit (2 credits of BIO 398A, graded P/F). I will be selecting supportive UTAs based on previous experience (taking the course or uTAing) in my courses.
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Working as a teaching assistant helps solidify your knowledge of the topic area while at the same time helping others. It is great experiential learning. In terms of your career it shows that you can work in a team and help other people. It is also pretty gratifying when you see a student learn something because you helped.