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TA Positions
FALL 2024 POLITICAL SCIENCE TA/TM POSITIONS
Application deadline: July 8, 2024 by 11:59PM PST
Appointment dates: September 3 - December 23, 2024
Courses and tutorials are subject to change. Our ability to offer them is contingent upon final budgetary auhorization and enrolment numbers. Please keep this in mind when you apply.
Note: Before applying for TA/TM positons please be sure that the courses you are applying for do not conflict with your own course and/or work schedule. TAs must be available for the lecture and tutorials they are assigned to (students are typically assigned 3 tutorial sections). TM positions may require onsite exam invigilation. Course schedules can be found via goSFU under Class Search.
| Course # | Course Title | Location | Instructor | TA/TM | Additional Qualifications | BU (including 1.17 Prep) |
| 100 | Introduction to Politics and Government | Burnaby | Sanjay Jeram | TA | 4.17 - 6.17 | |
| 100 | Introduction to Politics and Government | Surrey | Sahar Zaman | TA | 2.17 - 3.17 | |
| 141 | International Relations | Burnaby | Alex Moens | TA | 3.17 - 4.17 | |
| 151 | Justice and Law | Burnaby | Clare McGovern | TA | 3.17 - 5.17 | |
| 200W | Investigating Politics: Research Design and Qualitative Methods | Burnaby | Sanjay Jeram | TA | 5.17 - 7.17 | |
| 201 | Introductory Quantitative Methods in Political Science | Burnaby | Steven Weldon | TA | must have experience with statistical program R and advanced courses in quantitative analysis in Social Sciences | 3.17 - 7.17 |
| 210 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | Burnaby | Amyn Sajoo | TA | 3.17 - 4.17 | |
| 221 | Introduction to Canadian Government | Burnaby | Clare McGovern | TA | 4.17 - 5.17 | |
| 316 | Sex, Love, and Politics | Vancouver | Genevieve Fuji Johnson | TA (Marking Duties only) | 2.5 - 3 | |
| 318 | Fake News and Alt-Facts: Navigating Post-Truths Politics | Burnaby | Mark Pickup | TA (Marking Duties only) | 2.5 - 4 | |
| 339 | Selected Topics in Comparative Government and Politics | Burnaby | Shivaji Mukherjee | TA (Marking Duties only) | 2.5 - 3 | |
| 340 | Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Mass Media | Burnaby | Aaron Hoffman | TA (Marking Duties only) | 205 - 3 |
Priority System for TA Allocation
Note:
- Total number of BUs subject to change depending on enrollment
- Salary will be paid according to TSSU TA salary scale
FRENCH COHORT PROGRAM LINGUISTIC SUPPORT TA POSITIONS
The Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs (OFFA) will be hiring a Teaching Assistant for Fall 2024 to offer French-language support to all students enrolled in the French Cohort Program in Public and International Affairs (FCP)—a multidisciplinary program in Political Science, French and History, which is taught primarily in French. The workload includes consultations with students to offer linguistic support as well as language corrections for writing assignments for Political Science and History courses taught in French.
A letter of motivation and CV, in French, should be sent to the attention of Rachelle Hiebert, French Cohort Program Administrator, Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs (OFFA) via e-mail (fcpmgr@sfu.ca).
Appointment dates: September 3 - December 23, 2024