For Faculty
LAs are undergraduates who assist faculty and teaching fellows in courses in which they have performed extremely well. While the LA program is currently limited to select STEM departments here at BU, we are working to expand within existing departments and to new departments.
LAs are more than just undergraduate teaching assistants who hand out worksheets or restock supplies in the lab. They assist during instructor, by managing the classroom, answering student questions, and even teaching lessons. All new LAs are required to take a course at the School of Education in order to learn about teaching methods and practices; they then apply this knowledge alongside instructors in the classroom.
The LA program benefits instructors, students, and the LAs themselves, by helping instructors engage and communicate with students, by enriching students’ learning experiences, and by expanding LAs’ understanding of how teaching and learning function.
Current LA-assisted courses
Biology:
BI105: Intro Bio for Health Sciences
BI107: Biology I
BI108: Biology II
BI/NE116: Integrated Science Experience I
BI210: Human Anatomy
BI211: Human Physiology
BI/NE218: Integrated Science Experience II
BI315: Systems Physiology
Chemistry:
CH101: General Chemistry I
CH102: General Chemistry II
CH109/111: Advanced General/Intensive Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab I
CH110/112: Advanced General/Intensive Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab II
CH171: Principles of General Chemistry I
CH172: Principles of Organic and Biochemistry
Earth and Environment:
EE100: Environmental Change and Sustainability
EE105: Environmental Earth Sciences
EE107: Introduction to Climate and Earth System Science
EE375: Introduction to Quantitative Environmental Modeling
Engineering:
EK301: Engineering Mechanics I
ME357: Introduction to CAD and Machine Components
Mathematics:
MA113: Elementary Statistics
Neuroscience:
NE101: Introduction to Neuroscience
NE102: Introduction to Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology
NE/BI116: Integrated Science Experience I
NE203: Principles of Neuroscience with Lab
NE204: Introduction to Computational Models of Brain & Behavior
NE212: Introduction to MATLAB Programming for Research in Psychological & Brain Sciences
NE/BI218: Integrated Science Experience II
Physics:
PY104: Physics of Health Sciences (Sargent)
PY105: Elementary Physics I
PY106: Elementary Physics II
PY107: Physics of Food and Cooking
PY211: General Physics I
PY212: General Physics II
PY241: Principles of General Physics I
PY242: Principles of General Physics II
PY251: Principles of Physics I
PY252: Principles of Physics II
PY313: Elementary Modern Physics
PY351: Modern Physics I
PY355: Methods of Theoretical Physics
PY405: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves I
PY406: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
PY408: Intermediate Mechanics
PY410: Statistical Physics
PY451: Quantum Physics I
PY452: Quantum Physics II
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies:
WS101: Gender and Sexuality I: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
WS102: Gender and Sexuality II: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences:
HS369: Gross Human Anatomy
