Being an Instructor in the Uniform Course System As an instructor (GSI or faculty) in one of the large, introductory, multi-section courses courses you will be in complete charge of the day-to-day activities of a precalculus or first-semester calculus class of about 30 students. The Math 105 and 115 classes are scheduled to meet for three days per week for an hour and a half. Since these are only 4 credit hour courses, you can use the extra half hour per week of class time as you wish, e.g. office hours. The University semester lasts approximately 14 weeks. Your precise teaching assignment (days and hours) will not be made until just before the start of the term after both the undergraduate enrollments and the graduate student instructor's own course schedules are finalized. All the introductory courses are run according to uniform guidelines in an attempt to ensure that each student has every opportunity to learn the course material. All sections cover the same material. All the students in a given course take two common exams and a common final. These exams are graded by all of the course's instructors working together in a session which immediately follows the exam. Each of the introductory courses is under the supervision of a faculty coordinator assisted by a small team of department members who serve as a professional development staff. |