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BIOL-3804: Principles of Biology Teaching Assistant

Description: For undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) facilitating BIOL 1105 or 1106 class sections that utilize active-learning pedagogies and require facilitation of in-class learning activities. Content and practice of teaching strategies and professionalism in the classroom. Supervision by departmental faculty or staff. Selection by Principles of Biology instructional team. May be repeated four times with different content for a maximum of eight credits. Junior Standing, overall minimum GPA of 3.0.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 2 credits

Prerequisites: BIOL-1105 and BIOL-1106

Required By: BIOL-4204

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: up to 8 credit hours

Sections Taught: 24

Average GPA: 3.99 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 98.76%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Richard A Walker2019100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.002
Mary V Lipscomb202399.7%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.996
Eric P Hogan202398.7%0.0%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.982
Michael S Rosenzweig2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.004
Jonathan I Watkinson202297.9%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.986
Jackson A Evans2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Megan M Emori202495.8%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.963

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