Teaching Opportunities

Humanities Division teaching opportunities include:

Course Assistants
Course assistants work with an instructor, generally for courses taught in the College. Specific duties may vary depending on the course, but may include holding office hours, leading discussions, grading papers and exams, or training in pedagogic methods. Requirements, training, and application procedures vary by department. Please check with your department for more information.

Lecturers
Lecturers teach stand alone courses, including elementary language courses, generally in the College. They have full responsibility for their courses, including syllabus design, instruction, test design, grading, and all other record keeping. Having served one or more quarters as a course assistant for a particular civilization or core sequence may be a prerequisite to being appointed to lecturer in that sequence.  Please check with your department for further information on how to apply.

In addition to lectureship opportunities that are part of regular departmental curricula, the Division sponsors seven prize seminars (five Stuart Tave Teaching Fellowships and two Whiting Undergraduate Teaching Fellowships) a year that give graduate students the opportunity to design their own courses for upper level undergraduates.

Preceptors
Some departments hire advanced graduate students as preceptors for College students who are writing BA theses. These positions usually require a nine-month commitment and offer doctoral students an opportunity to become deeply engaged in the workings of an undergraduate concentration. Duties and application procedures vary by department.

Preceptors in MAPH
The Master of Arts Program in the Humanities hires preceptors for ten month appointments (September 1 through June 15). Applicants should be advanced graduate students, preferably those already admitted to PhD candidacy, from any discipline in the Division of Humanities. MAPH looks for applicants who have the accomplishment, energy, and flexibility to work well with first-year graduate students in MAPH's active multidisciplinary community. Together with the MAPH faculty and staff, each preceptor guides a group of twelve to fourteen students throughout the academic year. Responsibilities include academic advising and program approval, weekly discussion groups and grading in connection with the required MAPH colloquium and core course in autumn quarter, and thesis writing workshops during the winter and spring quarters. Preceptors who teach a winter quarter course through MAPH receive an additional salary at the University's standard lecturer rate. Calls for applications go out at the beginning of April, when application materials are available electronically from the MAPH office. Applications are generally due in mid to late April.