| Fall 2012 GSI/Reader Positions |
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Page Links Application Form Deadline Please review the application instructions before submitting materials. Course (Instructor | # of Positions | Percentage)
ARCH 100A. GSI positions support the teaching of the computer-lab modules. Please submit a statement describing your applicable computer expertise. ARCH 200C. GSI positions support the teaching of the computer-lab modules. Please submit a statement describing your applicable computer expertise. ENV DES 1. Students in this course begin to think graphically about the relationship between spaces, site and urban systems, and graphic representation. An ability to critique in this area is essential to success as a GSI in the course. Please include a digital portfolio of at least five examples of graphic representation in the architectural, landscape, or urban context. These can range from sketches to final presentation drawings. ENV DES 11A. The primary focus of the ENV DES 11A course is freehand drawing. Please submit a digital portfolio of ten or so examples of your work in freehand drawing (e.g., still life, the figure, landscape, city scenes, building studies, etc.). A solid background in this area is crucial to teaching the course effectively. LD ARCH 101. The time commitment will be approximately 10 hours per week during the semester. The GSI will attend the two studio sessions each week. He/she will be expected to set up projectors for lectures and to organize handouts and other class materials. In addition, the GSI for this class will be responsible for giving desk critiques during class time and setting up two hours of office time per week to be available to students. It is important that the appointee has good skills at producing basic design drawings, understands landscape dimension, and is comfortable with topography/grading. Part of the handout preparation will occur during the late summer so applicants should be available the week before classes. The GSI will be responsible, under our supervision, for marking class assignments. The candidate should be comfortable working with digital information. LD ARCH 103. The GSI for this studio will be responsible for collecting resource materials for design problems, preparing design statements, and photocopying studio materials. The GSI will set up the projector and screen for the lectures. He/she will take attendance, give desk crits, and organize the design juries and visual exams. In addition, he/she will help organize field trips. If so desired, the GSI can give presentations on their field of interest or expertise. The GSI is expected to have weekly office hours. LD ARCH 110. Qualifications: Familiarity with the natural factors of the landscape through courses in ecology, geology, soils, hydrology, flora, and fauna. Valid California driver's license. Availability to attend and teach laboratory sections and to attend lectures. Duties: Attend lectures; attend labs; grade homework problems; grade laboratory exercises; hold office hours; participate in the grading of mid-terms and final exams; organize and maintain laboratory equipment; review class materials. LD ARCH 134A. This studio will elaborate on a number of studio themes while introducing the students to a variety of graphic mediums and drawing techniques. Figure-ground principles and themes of contrast, color, chiaroscuro, and composition will augment measured drawing procedures (including orthographic projections). On-site and visits to galleries and museums will complement the studio sessions. The GSI's primary responsibilities include assisting the professor with visual and hands-on demonstrative presentations weekly, grading homework, and conducting independent section. LD ARCH 170. Reader. Responsibilities also include: procuring and organizing images for lectures, copying and distributing course materials such as lecture outlines and assignments, grading of midterm, term papers and finals, running projectors during lectures, maintenance of projectors, and preparation of background materials for lectures and assignments. LD ARCH C188. The GSI in LD ARCH/GEOG C188 is required to help in maintaining the class website and any electronic news group or bulletin board being used in the class. The GSI is required to help prepare and go over the material in the laboratory sessions (exercises) ahead of time to ensure each laboratory is functional. This includes checking to insure all software, hardware, links, files, data files and directories are operational in the computer laboratory being used by the students. The GSI should check the operational status of all the computers in the laboratory once a week and log any problems. The GSI should be aware of their students and which lab on campus they are doing their homework in so the GSI can check weekly those laboratories for sound operation. The GSI is required to make any changes in the laboratories to make them more effective for the students... but must coordinate this effort with the professor and the other GSIs. The GSI is required to lead the lab sessions where the use of software is taught and assignments carried out. During these sessions they will demonstrate where necessary and help students as they undertake each exercise. The GSI will have two hours/week in the classroom and two office hours outside of normal times. Another two hours per week will be spent tuning the laboratory assignments and the rest of the time will be spent grading the lab exercises and helping to grade the mid-term and final exam. The total in class and student contact will be approximately four hours per week, with six remaining hours spent on marking and helping prepare lab assignments and ancillary materials. LD ARCH 201. The GSI will be responsible for attending both studio class periods each week in addition to setting aside two hours each week to meet with students regarding their individual and group design work in studio. Studio class periods are spent giving desk critiques, assisting with materials necessary for fieldwork, researching/distributing background materials for lectures and studio assignments, and going on field trips. Other responsibilities include conducting skill-specific workshops, assisting with the assembly of review juries, and documenting student work at reviews. The GSI for LD ARCH 201 should be a good, confident designer with a strong interest in urban ecology, large-scale planning projects, and digital means of representation. The candidate should be comfortable with and have some experience with projects at both a master-planning and site-specific scale, with good drawing and model-building skills. Candidate should be comfortable manipulating digital information. LD ARCH 253. LAEP Ph.D. students only will be considered for this position. In coordination with faculty responsible for the course, GSI will develop list of potential speakers, invite speakers, and develop schedule for lecture series. GSI will coordinate the publicity of the lectures in the form of a poster and weekly email messages to the LAEP students and the Wurster Hall community at large. The brownbag lectures are held Wednesdays at 1 p.m., except during weeks when the department may schedule evening lectures. Normally, the LD ARCH 253 lecture schedule is finalized prior to the beginning of classes, therefore the task of contacting speakers and finalizing the dates must be done the month before the course begins. LAEP Ph.D. students advancing to candidacy are given priority for this position to provide them with an opportunity to gain teaching experience. Course (Instructor | # of Positions | Hours Per Week)
LD ARCH 111. The Reader for this class is expected to attend the lectures and field labs and provide support to students during and after class time. He/she will be responsible for organizing the reader and researching, copying/scanning, and distributing resource materials for lectures and exercises. Other responsibilities include the grading of class assignments in close coordination with the instructor and maintaining projection equipment. The time commitment will be approximately four hours per week for student contact (lectures and desk crits) with six remaining hours spent on preparation of course materials, meetings with instructor, and assistance with assignment and exam reviews, depending on the class topic and schedule. The Reader should have a strong interest in planting design and some experience with design projects at different scales. A basic knowledge of the ecology, aesthetic, and spatial qualities of plants, as well as general principles of design composition, historical garden styles, and built works of landscape architecture is desirable. The candidate should be comfortable working with digital information. |