UMBC CSEE Undergraduate Studies

Departmental Employment Opportunities


Computer Science Help Center - Tutoring

The Computer Science Help Center staffs tutors, hiring advanced undergraduate and students with excellent academic records. Tutors will help students in lower-level computer science courses. Tutoring is an excellent opportunity to build your resume, gain some teaching experience, provide a substantial service to others, and get paid for it. By tutoring in the CSHC a student will enhance his/her understanding of the fundamental computer science courses - a great way to improve graduate record exam scores. CSEE also hires tutor assistants to help with CMSC 104, CMSC 201 and CMSC 202 tutoring. Tutor assistants must have completed CMSC 201 and CMSC 202 with excellent grades can, be concurrently enrolled in CMSC 341, and have a good overall GPA.

Tutors must have completed all courses through CMSC 341 with good grades and can be concurrently enrolled in CMSC 331. Preference will be given to applicants who have already completed CMSC 331. Good communication skills are a MUST. To apply, or for more information, please visit http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~cshc.


Graders

The CSEE department is often in need of undergraduate students to serve as graders. The qualifications for a grader are:

Grading positions are paid positions and may require up to 15 hours of work per week from each grader. Students who wish to be considered for a grading position should fill out an Undergradute Application for Employemnt. Graders are hired on a per semester basis at the beginning of each semester.


Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Positions

The CSEE Department has available Undergraduate Teaching Assistant positions for the introductory Computer Science courses. CSEE employs a few advanced undergraduate students with excellent academic records to work as discussion section leaders. These positions are highly competitive. This is an excellent opportunity for a student to build his/her resume, gain teaching experience, and provide a substantial service to others. As an undergraduate teaching assistant you will enhance your understanding of the fundamental computer science courses - a great way to improve your graduate record exam scores. Undergraduate TAs typically have previous experience as either a tutor, grader or lab assistant. This experience can be from another institution. Each applicant must have a faculty member provide a reference and must submit a resume with an attached unofficial transcript from the registrar's office. Good communication skills are a MUST. For more information, please contact Sue Evans (bogar@cs.umbc.edu) or Dawn Block (dblock@cs.umbc.edu).


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