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.
Please reach out to the Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship Coordinator Dr Maria Nikolaou at nikolaou@umass.edu if you have any questions.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics