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Posted to Website:04/27/2007

Minimum Teaching Assistant (TA) Credentialing Requirements for Instruction of Academic Credit Courses

The following are general credentialing guidelines for graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) who will instruct credit courses in accord with the University's accreditation requirements. Questions regarding appropriate credentials for specific academic courses should be directed to the Chair of the academic department relevant to the course subject matter.

Course TaughtCredentials RequiredExamples
UndergraduateEarned master's degree in the teaching discipline.Doctoral student with MS in Biostatistics teaching introductory undergraduate course in biostatistics.
18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline.Doctoral student in Biology with 18 earned graduate semester hours teaching Biology 11.
If neither of the above is present,  strong evidence of competency in the teaching area must be provided.Master's or new doctoral student with less than 18 hours in the teaching discipline; native speakers teaching language courses, etc.
Post Baccalaureate Graduate, Professional CoursesGenerally not allowable.  Must provide very strong rationale for assignment.


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