Employment

Sessional Lecturer

The responsilbility of a Sessional Lecturer is to teach and administer a course. The Department of Computer Science hires a limited number of Sessional Lecturers for each academic term to help meet the demand of courses being offered. These positions are posted three times per year for each of the academic terms: Fall, Winter, and Spring and Summer. You can find the Sessional job postings on the University of Saskatchewan Employment website.

Student Assistant Positions

The Department of Computer Science hires undergraduate and graduate students to work as teaching assistants throughout the year. These positions are considered tutorial leaders, markers or advisors for Computer Science courses. The hiring process is competitive and candidates are selected based on their ability to provide expert guidance and feedback to students, in the language of instruction.

To apply for a Teaching Assistant position, fill out this google form. In addition, if you are NOT a current graduate student with the department, please also email cmpt.ta.hiring@usask.ca containing your NAME, NSID, and STUDENT NUMBER.

Any graduate student is eligible for a teaching assistantship although maximum income limits (as well as limits on time spent per week) may be imposed as a condition of other awards. It must be noted that a teaching assistantship is a job. Every student who is employed as a teaching assistant must meet the requirements of the job to which he or she is assigned and is expected to carry out the duties accordingly. Failure to do so may result in the termination of a student's employment as a teaching assistant, and may jeopardize the student's future employment with the Department.