Thank you for your interest in being a Course Assistant (CA) (regular, Lead, or Head) in Gateway Computing or Computer Science. Depending on the course and position, assistants may be responsible for office hours, grading, helping in class, leading labs and/or holding review sessions. All CAs are required to have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. You must have at least sophomore standing, and you may not assist in a course you will be concurrently taking. Lastly, please note that we will check to make sure applicants do not have any prior ethics violations before being considered for a position.

LEAD CAs will be hired for special courses (Gateway Computing, MFCS, etc.) to provide extra in-class and/or mentoring support to students. Strong Masters students and advanced undergraduates with significant experience may be hired as HEAD CAs. Head CAs are required to have at least a 3.2 GPA and should be an upper level or graduate student with prior CA experience.

PAYRATES for AY24-25:

• $17 first time CA doing lower-level course
• $18 experienced CA doing lower level course, first time CA doing upper-level course, or experienced CA doing upper-level course for the first time
• $19 experienced CA doing upper level course for at least 2nd time
• $2675 semester stipend for students with significant experience at a high performance level (at departmental discretion)
• $3200 semester stipend for LEAD CA
• $4200 semester stipend first time HEAD CA
• $4400 semester stipend experienced HEAD CA

This is a student employment position, so you must be eligible for student payroll in order to be hired. See here for a full set of eligibility requirements.

We have a custom application system - thanks to Prof. Madooei and a student team - CAAMS! When you log into the system you will first complete a user profile. You can then submit an application for each semester that you wish to be hired (only one will be active at a time). A link to the application is below - with the current semester activated. This on-line form is the first step in our application process. It will be electronically submitted to the CS Department and reviewed by appropriate instructors. Qualified new applicants will be interviewed by 1-2 people, and returning applicants may also need to meet with faculty if changing courses. For certain courses (Gateway, Intermediate in particular) students will be asked to complete an additional schedule availability survey.

Interviews and hiring decisions usually take place before the semester begins, but may extend a week or so into the semester since the number of available positions is dependent on course enrollments.