ANTH 387 - Classroom Assistantship in Anthropology

Credit Hours: 2
Frequency of Offering: Offered in each semester

Supervised experience in the understanding, explanation and demonstration of anthropological concepts and practice. Meeting regularly with the instructor, classroom assistants help an instructor in duties that may include convening meetings with students outside of regular class time, reading drafts of students’ papers, correcting (but not grading) short homework assignments and drafting examination questions. This course will follow the general college guidelines. Students eligible for classroom assistantships must have a minimum GPA of 3.0, be of junior or senior standing or must have completed two courses of 200-level or above work in anthropology, and must have successfully completed the course which they will assist. May be repeated for a total of eight credits, but does not contribute to the minimum credit requirement for the major. Applications need the written support of a faculty member and must be submitted to the department chair.