The Department offers Course Assistantships to select graduate students. A Course Assistant (CA) is a student who has demonstrated exceptional academic promise in an area who can assist a faculty member in course administration.
Duties include: grading exams and homework assignments, classroom preparation and maintenance, course administration and liaison (i.e. emailing and addressing students, respond to course inquiries), and paperwork as necessary. Course Assistants do not instruct. Faculty will evaluate Course Assistants at the end of each term; future assignments are based on faculty evaluations and academic performance.
If you would like to apply for a Course Assistant position, please email . You will be notified if you are assigned to a course.
Course Assistants are compensated positions. Compensation is based on enrollment and amount of work assigned. If you are awarded a Course Assistantships, you must see Ms. Jaya Mohanty within the first two weeks of classes with necessary documents needed for payment.
Paperwork needed for completion are as follows:
3. Employee Withholding (NYS Tax)
4. Federal W-4
5. The following form is for international students who are from the country that has tax treaty with US (Belgium, China, France, Germany, Korea, Iceland, Italy, Morocco, Spain)
6. For international students: If you do not have a Social Security Number, please see Ms. Jaya Mohanty to obtain an official letter to apply at the Social Security Office. Then, go to ISSO (524 Riverside Drive) to obtain the I-9. Bring your passport and I-20 Visa.
For U.S. citizens and permanent residents: Complete the first part of the I-9 and then go to 210 Kent Hall with the original documents (no copy or faxed materials). The link for I-9 form can be found here.
Course Assistants will be paid on the following schedule:
| Fall: | 3rd week of October |
| 2nd week of December | |
| Spring: | 1st week of March |
| 1st week of May |
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| Summer: |
end of Summer Session I |
| end of Summer Session II |