School of Computing, University of Utah

Graduate Student TA/RA Request

School of Computing

for Spring Semester 2012

Complete by December 1st

Name:

Student Number:

Current Email Address:

Day Phone:

Evening Phone:

Address:

Degree Program: M.S. Ph.D.

Were you promised aid for this coming semester by the School of Computing? No Yes

Are you enrolled in the BS/MS program? (If so, check yes, otherwise check no. Note: BS/MS students who are still undergraduates should use the undergraduate TA application.)

If you are an International Student, have you completed the ITA workshop or are you registered for the ITA workshop?

yes
no
I am not an International Student

Teaching Assistantships: Please indicate below which courses you have previously taken as a student, previously TA'd, and which courses are preferred or acceptable as TA assignments for the coming semester. If you did your undergraduate work elsewhere, please indicate that a class has been taken if you think one of your previous classes is very similar to ours. Check the Computer Science Undergraduate Handbook for course descriptions. Please note that Java will be used as the programming language for both CPSC 1410 and 2420, C# is used in 3500, and C++ is the principle language for CPSC 3505.

On the form below:

1. Please indicate all courses you have previously taken, the name of the professor and the grade you received.

2. Additionally, mark if you have previously TA'd for a course, and if so, the name of the professor you worked with.

3. Mark which courses you would prefer to TA (or would be willing to TA). Please note, marking more courses gives you a better chance of getting a TA position, but marking all courses diminishes your chances.

4. Please note that you are not allowed to take a 6xxx version of a course while asking to TA the 5xxx version of the course. For example, you could not take 6300 and ask to TA 5300.

5. Warning: Do not choose Accept or Prefer to TA for a course where you cannot attend the LAB sections for that course (TAs are often required to teach Lab sections for a course). You can look up the lab times on the Campus Information System.

6. Note: A * means the course is not being offered this semester, but you should fill out the information because it may influence your choice to be hired for other courses that are offered.

Describe any special qualifications which you possess and feel are relevant. In particular, what is your programming (and programming language) expertise? Do you know other languages/tools which are important to the courses you wish to TA?