More advanced undergraduates are hired to do one of two jobs for the School of Mathematics. The more advanced and challenging position is being a Teaching Assistant for a Calculus class. There are also a number of grader positions.
Detailed information about both either, keep reading.
Teaching Assistants The School has a very sizable teaching load, and each semester it hires about twenty undergraduates to TA for its courses. This is a paying job, and can frequently be a very rewarding experience for them.
We begin our undergraduate TA search each spring by sending applications to juniors and seniors in engineering, CS, and science programs (no biology majors because they only take 2 math courses) with GPAs 3.6 or higher. This year we sent out over 600 applications.
The application process consists of (1) a homework assigment of questions from the Calculus (2) a half an hour interview with Rena Brakebill, a Graduate TA, and a faculty member (3) A 20 minute teaching demo which is taped for evaluation. Factors in the hiring decisions include general GPAs, math courses and grades, maturity level, attitudes, communication skills, and references. The hiring decision is made in July for the fall term. They are appointed on the term-by-term basis. The future term employment is based on satisfactory performances and available sections. We don't normally hire undergraduate TAs in the summer.
Undergraduate Math Majors who are interested in TAing in the Spring term can contact Rena Brakebill in October.
An undergraduate TA receives a stipend and a 1 hour P/F credit for Math 4801, TA Development Seminar.
Graders The School of Math also uses Graders for many of it's courses. Klara Grodzinsky is heading up the Grader program. Students should have at least taken Math 3215 and 3012. Some 4XXX level courses also helps. The greatest need is for graders in Math 3012, and 3215. There are no graders for the Calculus.