Graduate Teaching Assistant

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Graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) have a primary responsibility in an instructional capacity. They provide approximately 20 hours of instructional service per week over the course of a semester. Services provided by a graduate teaching assistant may include lecturing in undergraduate level courses, leading discussion groups, serving as assistants to laboratory classes, grading tests and papers, scheduling professor time, lesson planning, answering student questions, or making a syllabus.

A TA can perform any ancillary duty that would otherwise fall to the professor.

Graduate Assistants must be fully admitted and enrolled for at least 8 credits for the academic year in a graduate program. Graduate course work and/or research must contribute directly to the satisfaction of Oakland's degree requirements. Graduate assistants must have and maintain good academic standing (3.0 grade point average).

Tuition (eight credits per semester or a total of 16 credits) will be compensated. Any additional credits and class fees, including books, will be the responsibility of the student.

Student will receive a pay check (via direct deposit if desired) on the last business day of each month for the duration of the assistantship.