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Originally Posted by Messerschmitt
Hey zeta,
What are the requirements to be a TA exactly? Do you need to already have an undergraduate degree, or people who currently work towards one can be TA's as well?
A link with more information would be awesome, cheers
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Originally Posted by yray
only business allows for undergrad TA, any other faculty is graduate or Honours (very rare)
think you need atleast an A in that course + prof reference
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You can apply to be the TA/TM of a coures once you've finished taking it. Friend of mine TA'd a 2xx course when he was in his last semester in 2nd year.
As far as I know, you only need a B+ (2 friends TA'd for two different 2xx level courses with only B+, no prof reference needed (although it definitely helps). Usually professor references will get you the job, but at the end of the day, someone else hires all the business TA's and not the professors themselves. I've also known people who had prof references and didn't end up getting it.
Grade, availability, professor you took the course with, and resume all contribute to your chances of getting a TA appointment.
Pay is very good as well
(# of tutorial or lab hours)+1 (for office hours) * 1000. So... 2x 1hr tutorials = 3k (for the semester), tutor marking positions = 1k, and TA marking positions = 2k (eg: bus 312). Certain courses pay more because of the workload (bus 360 = 6k).
Here's the link:
Teaching Assistantship Opportunities - Beedie School of Business, SFU, Canada