Teaching

 

Teaching Assistantships (TAs) are the Department of Sociology's primary means of supporting graduate students. Graduate students are typically appointed as teaching assistants for courses with discussion sections. Students will be asked in the winter/spring quarter of each year to submit requests for assistantships to the Graduate Coordinator. TAs are then selected, each spring, for the following year's courses by the department's Graduate Program Committee, based largely on overall student performance (via review of annual student evaluations) in the graduate program and on teaching ability. The Committee also assigns students to TA positions allocated to the department from other programs or departments. Unfortunately, resource limits and the selection process mean that not all student requests for TAships can be met.

For more information please refer to the Department of Sociology TA Guidelines and the UCSD Policy on Training, Supervision and Evaluation of Teaching Assistants.

All graduate students must also be deemed eligible and meet the ASE minimum qualifications for Graduate Student TAs (as follows):

ASE Minimum Qualifications for Graduate Student TAs

  1. For academic year employment at 25-50% time, a student must be registered full-time (12 units or more). A student enrolled in less than 12 units, with departmental approval, is eligible for a maximum of 25% time employment.
  2. A graduate student must be in good academic standing:
    • Meet departmental standards including a satisfactory annual spring academic progress evaluation.
    • Maintain a GPA of 3.0 in upper-division and graduate course work.
    • Must not have more than a total of eight units of F and/or U grades overall
  3. A graduate student must be within the departmental time limits:
    • Ph.D. Degree Aim: no one may be employed as a teaching assistant and/or associate (teaching a course) for more than 18 quarters (unless an exception is granted by the Dean).
    • M.A. Degree Aim: eligible for up to 7 quarters of employment or other University funding.

Note: Any employment outside of the student's academic (home) department must have prior approval from the home department. ..

Readerships

Sociology is seeking to fill these available readerships.

About Readerships

  • Readers are paid $13.23 per hour
  • Readers are expected to attend lecture and grade midterm/finals (and papers if applicable)
  • Readers that work at least 25% time (i.e., 110 hours per quarter) are entitled to receive a fee remission (i.e. TAHI/TAFE) resulting in a reduction in fees to $180.50 per quarter

Fee Payment Information for Readers and Tutors

Graduate students who are appointed as Readers or Tutors (or a combination of student academic titles) at least 25% percent time for the quarter are eligible to receive partial fee remission that covers the graduate student health insurance (GSHIP), the Registration Fee, and the Educational Fee. These fee payments are deposited into the student’s account at the end of the quarter. The student is responsible for paying his/her own fees at the beginning of the quarter, and the GSHIP and partial fee remission are issued as a refund* at the end of the quarter after timesheets are submitted by the department to OGSR as proof of eligibility (110 hours worked).

*NOTE: The refund applies only to those students who paid their own fees. If another fund source paid the fees (for example, financial aid or the student’s department) the money is refunded to the fund source, not to the student. If you are receiving financial aid, you should contact the Financial Aid office to determine how the fee payments affect your financial aid.

Fees are different for IR/PS students and those enrolled in profession programs. Please refer to the website of the appropriate program.

 

OGS Job Opportunities booklet:

http://ogs.ucsd.edu/FinancialSupport/Employment/Documents/jobopportunities.pdf