Junior TAs Hiring Governing Rules

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (EAS), has formulated some governing rules for hiring a Junior Teaching Assistant (JTA). The rules are set to maintain the high-quality education process and to make sure both the JTA, and students have a well-established experience.

Junior TAs Hiring Governing Rules:

  • They should be limited to:  
    • Labs (physics -chemistry – circuits - …)  
    • Projects related to the undergrad. courses  
    • Engineering Drawing sessions 
  • It is not allowed to share or call them for any activities regarding teaching, grading, taking attendance or proctoring, giving revision sessions, evaluating projects. 
  • Junior TAs should have an accumulative GPA of 3.5 at minimum, and must achieve a min grade of A for the course they are applying for.
  • The max number of Junior TAs is one JTA per 25 students.
  • Hiring of JTAs per any course needs the approval of the program council and school dean.