Graduate assistantships are an essential part of the training of some Dornsife graduate students. As such, these students are expected to hold a half-time (20 hours per week) assistantship for at least two years while pursuing graduate study.
Research assistantships are funded by the Dornsife College and by external or internal grants to USC faculty, who work closely with their students to produce important new work in and across the fields represented by Dornsife College departments, schools, and centers.
Teaching assistantships offer graduate students the opportunity to develop a number of important skills in our undergraduate classrooms and laboratories.
The Teaching Assistant Handbook has been designed to support graduate students in their role as instructors. The handbook outlines the responsibilities of Teaching Assistants in the College and provides advice on how to meet the challenges of teaching while maintaining a commitment to one’s own course of study. The numerous resources available to Teaching Assistants at USC are also listed here, as well as deadlines and policies that pertain to instruction.
