Teaching opportunities
Teaching assistantships (TA-ships) are offered for graduate students to gain experience in teaching, and as a mechanism for financial support. A large number of TA-ships are available to qualified students for a variety of undergraduate courses. Immunology students usually TA in the life sciences. These positions are offered through individual departments rather than through the graduate group. Therefore, interested students need to contact these departments directly. Adequate command of the English language and a GPA of 3.0 are required for teaching assistantships. Information about availability and the department-specific application forms are best obtained directly from the individual department.
Below is a list of undergraduate classes through which immunology graduate students have received TA-ships in the past. A comprehensive description of these courses can be found online through the General Catalog. Not all courses listed offer 50% employment. Check the application. Most deadlines are two quarters before TA-ship is to be started.
TA-ships in the Division of Biological Sciences
- Evolution and Ecology
- Exercise Biology
- Microbiology
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Neurobiology, physiology and behavior
- Plant biology
Evolution and Ecology |
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| BIS 1B | intro biology (animal diversity/evolution) |
| EVE/EVT 2 | biodiversity |
| EVE 100 | intro to evolution |
| EVE 101 | intro to ecology |
| EVE 102 | population and quantitative genetics |
| EVE 103 | phylogeny/macroevolution |
| EVE 104 | community ecology |
| EVE 105 | vertebrate phylogenetics |
| EVE/PLB 108 | angiosperm systematics |
| EVE112/112L | invertebrate zoology |
| EVE 115 | marine ecology |
| EVE/PLB 117 | plant ecology |
| EVE/PLB 119 | weed biology |
| EVE 134/134F/134L | herpetology |
| EVE 138 | tropical ecology |
| EVE 140 | paleobotany |
| EVE180A/B | experimental ecology and evolution in field |
| Pop. Biology 225 | terrestrial field ecology |
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Exercise Biology |
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| EXB 101 | exercise physiology |
| EXB 102 | intro to motor learning and the psychology of sport and exercise |
| EXB 103 | analysis and control of human movement |
| EXB 104L | exercise biology lab |
| EXB 110 | exercise metabolism |
| EXB 111 | environmental effects on physical performance |
| EXB 112 | clinical exercise physiology |
| EXB 113 | growth and development in performance |
| EXB 115 | biomechanical basis of movement |
| EXB 116 | nutrition for physically active persons |
| EXB 117 | exercise and aging in health and disease |
| EXB 118 | biomechanics of work: physical performance and standards |
| EXB 120 | sports in American society |
| EXB 121 | sport psychology |
| EXB 126 | tissue mechanics |
| EXB 148 | theory and practice of exercise testing |
| EXB 148L | adult fitness testing lab |
| EXB 149L | cardiopulmonary rehabilitation |
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Microbiology |
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| BIS 1A | principles of biology (cellular/molecular) |
| MIC 10 | natural history of infectious diseases |
| MIC 100 | chemical and biological weapons |
| MIC 102 | general bacteriology |
| MIC 102L | general bacteriology lab |
| MIC 105 | bacterial diversity |
| MIC 140 | bacterial physiology |
| MIC 150 | bacterial genetics |
| MIC 155L | bacterial physiology lab |
| MIC 162 | virology |
| MIC 170 | yeast genetics |
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Molecular and Cellular Biology |
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| BIS 101 | genes and gene expression |
| BIS 102 | structure and function of biomolecules |
| BIS 103 | bioenergetics and metabolism |
| BIS 104 | regulation of cell function |
| MCB 10 | intro of human heredity |
| MCB 120L | general biochemistry lab |
| MCB 121 | molecular biology of eukaryotic cells |
| MCB 122 | structure and function of proteins |
| MCB 123 | behavior and analysis of enzyme/receptor systems |
| MCB 140L | cell biology lab |
| MCB 150/150L | embryology |
| MCB 160 | principles of genetics lab |
| MCB 161 | molecular genetics |
| MCB 162 | human genetics |
| MCB 163 | developmental genetics |
| MCB 164 | advanced eukaryotic genetics |
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Neurobiology, physiology and behavior |
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| BIS 10 | general biology for nonscience majors |
| NPB 10 | elementary human physiology |
| NPB 12 | human nervous system |
| NPB 100 | neurobiology |
| NPB 101 | systemic physiology |
| NPB 101L | systemic physiology lab |
| NPB 102 | behavior of animals |
| NPB 104L | cellular physiology lab |
| NPB 111L | advances systemic physiology lab |
| NPB 112 | neuroscience |
| NPB 124 | comparative neuroanatomy |
| NPB 150 | advanced animal behavior |
| NPB 152 | hormones and behavior |
| NPB 168 | neurobiology of addictive drugs |
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Plant biology |
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| BIS 1C | principles of biology (plant biology/ecology) |
| PLB 11 | plants, people and the biosphere |
| PLB 102 | California floristics |
| PLB 105 | developmental plant anatomy |
| PLB/EVE 108 | systematics and evolution of angiosperms |
| PLB 111D | problems in plant physiology |
| PLB 112D | problems in plant growth and development |
| PLB 116 | morphology and evolution of vascular plants |
| PLB/EVE 117 | plant ecology |
| PLB 118 | physiology |


