Undergraduate Study in Psychology at Colorado State University

Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistants

Students can receive course credit for participating in a research project or being a teaching assistant. These are special studies credits and are listed under PY295/PY296 for freshman and sophomores, and PY495/496 for juniors and seniors. Students may count up to twelve special studies credits towards graduation.

Research Assistants do a variety of jobs, such as conducting literature reviews in the library, helping run subjects for experiments, and entering and analyzing data. To become a research assistant, you need to contact any professor or graduate student and ask them if they need help. If you do not know anyone to ask, there is a bulletin board by Clark B-216 on which opportunities are posted, and opportunities are posted online here.

Teaching Assistants also perform a variety of jobs. Typically the instructor requires you to go to the class so you know what subject matter is being covered. A Teaching Assistant may hold office hours to help tutor students, conduct review sessions for students before a test, or grade papers. Teaching Assistants may even present a lecture. Contact the professor or check the bulletin board by Clark B-216 for available opportunities.

Students should contact an Undergraduate Advisor for information on how to receive credit for these special studies courses.

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