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Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships

Undergraduates with appropriate mathematics backgrounds are encouraged to apply for a Teaching Assistantship position. The application deadline for Spring 2024 is December 8th, 2023.

Teaching Assistant (TA) Duties

Below is a list of "typical" duties of Teaching Assistants. Duties will vary for different courses TAs are assigned to assist with. The supervising professor should provide details about expectations for a specific course.

  • Assist with the teaching and administration of a large lecture section in a course such as Math 100, 101, 102, 104, 121, 127, 128.
  • Attend and assist (with questions, material distribution etc) during the weekly lectures of the supervising professor.
  • Prepare and run study groups and discussion sections.
  • Hold office hours in the course's help center.
  • Serve as proctor in the course's exams.
  • Answer students' emails.
  • Coordinate with the professor and the other TAs.

The regular TA workload is 8.75 hours per week. This is a paid position. Hourly wages go up every semester an undergraduate Teaching Assistant is re-hired by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Spring 2024 Application

Spring 2024 Re-Application

Please reach out to the Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship Coordinator Dr Maria Nikolaouinfo-icon at nikolaou@umass.edu if you have any questions.