2021 Fall CSW8 - Introduction to Computer Science (Python)
Undergraduate course, University of California, Santa Barbara, Computer Science, 2021
My first class as a Teaching Assistant at UC Santa Barbara. Introduction to Computer Science Link is an introductory programming course offered by Computer Science department open for even outside majors who wish to experience coding as a subject. It comprises of basic programming concepts in Python that is sufficient to give the learner a basic knowledge of programming syntax and core concepts to get started. I have TAed for this class under Professor Yekaterina Kharitanova along with 7 other TAs.
My Duties
Mentored over 35 students as a TA and performed activities like conducting labs preparing quizzes, organizing office hours, grading assignments, answering the questions in class forums, etc. The typical size of the class is huge with over 300 students. Each TA is assigned over 35 or 40 students and we are responsible to organize labs, office hours and one on one sessions for these 35 students.