The Bachelor of Media Studies is hiring Teaching Assistants at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for the 2025 Academic Term.
Courses include:
- MDIA 100 “Media Objects” (Term 1) 4 x UTA 1 (96-hour)
- MDIA 290 “Media Objects” (Term 1) 1 x UTA 1/GTA 1or 2 (192-hour)
- MDIA 300 “Approaches to Writing for Media Studies” (Term 1) 2 x GTA 1 or 2 (192-hour)
Application
For all roles, please email copies of the following to arts.mediastudies@ubc.ca by 4:30 PM on Thursday April 24, 2025.
- Cover letter indicating the course and narrate related teaching, leadership and/or facilitation experience and interest you have in the role and what it will offer your own learning experience.
- Curriculum vitae
- For graduate students, please indicate graduate studies focus area(s) and interests.
- For undergraduate applicants, please include a list of all Media Studies requirements and related courses that you will have completed by Spring 2025. (The list of courses should be appended to your CV, not submitted in lieu of a formal CV.)
- References indicating the name, email and phone number of 3 references
Schedule
Lecture times are noted for each course are noted in the document below. Lab times can range between 9:00 am – 8:00pm. Students must be in British Columbia by the start date of a TA assignment in order to hold the appointment.
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. Successful applicants will become members of the Teaching Assistant union, CUPE 2278. Assignment of positions is guided by the stipulations within the collective agreement between UBC and CUPE 2278.
