Fellowships & TA

Some fellowships have stipulations regarding appointment as a TA while on fellowship. In such cases, the department will try to appoint students as TAs if and when permitted by the fellowship. If a student was or is on a fellowship that did not allow the completion of the TA requirements, the remaining required TA hours will be waived.

If a student is on a fellowship that prohibits TAing but the student still wishes to TA for professional development reasons, the student may register for ME 698T Teaching Practicum.

The students must prepare for this option to make sure that

1) the Practicum course will be offered during the semester planned

2) they have completed any prerequisites determined by the course instructor

3) they have a faculty willing to mentor them in ME 698T

4) that the faculty mentor will be teaching an appropriate course during the semester planned

5) that the faculty mentor agrees to the mentoring feedback process of ME 698T, which typically includes allowing the student to teach 5 lectures and attending and giving feedback for all 5 lectures.

Students electing to follow this path will not be appointed as a TA, and will not receive additional financial compensation for their TA work since they are using the role for an experiential learning opportunity.

For international students on a fellowship who are TAing:

A TA position may entitle a student to UT Select, but most CHE TA positions are for 10 hours, international students on a fellowship who are TAing must be careful to submit an insurance waiver prior to the 12th class day (or 4th class day for summer terms).

If a student does not submit an insurance waiver to the international office (Texas Global), prior to the deadline, the student will owe the cost of SHIP, regardless if the student is also receiving UTSelect insurance.