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

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

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

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

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

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

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