GRADUATE ASSISTANT (GA) & TEACHING ASSISTANT (TA) POSITIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE SUMMER 2025 TERM!
APPLICATION DEADLINE DATE: TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2025
HOW TO APPLY
Fill out the online application (link at bottom of page) and upload the required documents.
All positions and hours are subject to sufficient enrolment and budgetary approval. In accordance with Article 12:01 of the CUPE 4580 Collective Agreement, the School of Computer Science invites applications for Graduate Assistantship (GA) and Teaching Assistantship (TA) positions for the SUMMER 2025 term.
GA/TA employees are expected to make themselves available to report for all assigned duties, both in-person/on-campus and remote/online duties. Most classes across the University are held face-to-face and even online classes may require on-campus face-to-face duties. Refer to the University’s current health and safety regulations.
Some positions are open to both GA’s and TA’s however GA applicants are given priority.
Each position can be comprised of a combination of any of the listed courses as needed. Most courses are a 12-week duration (May 5, 2025 – August 31, 2025).
Assistants cannot commence their GA/TA duties until email confirmation of the approval of their contract is received from Human Resources (email titled "Authorization to Commence GA/TA Duties").
Successful applicants must be available to attend at the specified time of the course/lab/exams and to report for all assigned duties, which include both in-person and on-campus duties.
GA and TA appointments will be offered to qualified applicants in accordance with the criteria specified in Article 12:03 (for GA’s) and 12:04 (for TA’s) of the CUPE 4580 Collective Agreement.
Must have excellent communication skills.
Must have critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Must be punctual and reliable.
Ability to meet deadlines.
Complete assigned tasks on time.
Successful applicants must meet all essential qualifications:
Successful completion of the course (80% minimum average) or demonstrated experience/knowledge in the subject matter (which will be determined by interview).
GA Applicants:
Must have a MINIMUM MAJOR average of 85%.
TA Applicants:
Must have a MINIMUM CUMULATIVE average of 75%.
Must have a MINIMUM MAJOR average of 80%.
Brightspace/Microsoft Teams experience: must be familiar with Brightspace and MS Teams or be able to acquire knowledge through training.
GA applicants must be registered full-time in a Computer Science graduate program (MSc or PhD).
Remote internet access requirements: must have access to a computer with a reliable internet connection with video and audio capabilities.
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS/SKILLS FOR THE SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Preferred qualifications will only be considered if there are 2 or more qualified applicants who meet the ‘required’ essential qualifications AND who are relatively equal based on the GA/TA criteria as per articles 12:03 (for GA’s) or 12:04 (for TA’s) of the CUPE 4580 collective agreement.
Preference for TA positions will be given to applicants registered in a Computer Science undergraduate program.
Completion of CTL GA/TA Academy workshop(s) is an asset.
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Brightspace Training completed.
NOTE 1 – GRADUATE STUDENT INFORMATION
- GA appointments cannot exceed 140 hours total for the SUMMER 2025 term period of May 5, 2025 - August 31, 2025. Refer to Articles 12, 13, and 14 of the CUPE 4580 Collective Agreement for eligibility details.
- Phase I Information: Graduate students must MAINTAIN FULL-TIME REGISTRATION throughout the term and must be in good standing in the degree program to hold a GA position. Students who meet the Phase I tuition refund deadline for the SUMMER 2025 term are therefore NOT eligible to hold a GA in the same term. See Faculty of Graduate Studies Important Dates.
- Graduate assistants MUST APPLY EACH TERM by the application deadline, in accordance with Article 13: “With respect to those students who have applied for and been accepted for Assistantships, the Assistant will not be paid for any shortfall of hours at the end of their respective program, provided the University has satisfied its obligation to post available positions each term in writing and on the AAU website and to offer the minimum terms of support in accordance with Article 13:01 (a) & (b) and provided that the Assistant has applied in writing or via email by the application deadline for each term until they have received the minimum terms of support in accordance with Article 13:01 (a) & (b)”.
NOTE 2 – MAC GRADUATE STUDENT INFORMATION
- The Master of Applied Computing Program (MAC) is NOT an eligible program to support GA-funded positions. Consequently, applicants registered in the MAC program will not be eligible for consideration.
NOTE 3 – UNDERGRADUATE INFORMATION
- The total number of hours of a TA appointment will depend on the number of applications received and is anticipated to be from 50 to 100 hours total per semester. Note that Teaching Assistants cannot be employed for more than 100 TA hours total per semester as per Article 14 of the CUPE 4580 Collective Agreement. If you already hold or have applied for another TA position (in this or another department), note that the total combined hours for all TA appointments held in all departments cannot exceed 100 hours for the SUMMER 2025 term period from May 5, 2025 – August 31, 2025.
- Undergraduate students must be registered throughout the term and must be in good standing in the degree program to hold a TA position.
- International undergraduate students must be registered full-time and be in good standing to hold a TA position.
In pursuit of the University of Windsor’s Employment Equity Plan, members for the designated groups (Women, Aboriginal Peoples, Visible Minorities, Persons with Disabilities, and Members of Sexual Minorities) are encouraged to apply.
If you have any questions on any of the above, please contact Monique Ritz, the School of Computer Science Graduate Secretary at: scsgata-app@uwindsor.ca
***NOTE THAT ALL COURSE OFFERINGS AND TOTAL PROJECTED POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BASED ON ACTUAL ENROLLMENTS FOR THE SUMMER 2025 TERM***
COMP -1000- 01 KEY CONCEPTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
REQUIRED SKILLS: STRONG MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND
1 GA?TA position project -140 hours
COMP 1047 - 91 COMPUTER CONCEPTS - END USERS
3 GA/TA positions projected – 420 hours
COMP 1400 - 1 INTRO: ALGORITHMS & PROGRAMMING I
REQUIRED SKILLS: MASTERY OF ALGORITHMS & PROGRAMMING; ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 1410 - 1 / 30 INTRO: ALGORITHMS & PROGRAMMING II
REQUIRED SKILLS: MASTERY OF ALGORITHMS & PROGRAMMING
3 GA/TA positions projected – 420 hours
COMP 2057 - 91 INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET
REQUIRED SKILLS: INTERNET PROTOCOLS, SERVICES & DATA TRANSMISSION; HTML & CSS LANGUAGES; WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN; ACCESSIBILITY & SECURITY FEATURES OF WEBSITES; HOW WEB BROWSERS & SEARCH ENGINES WORK; INTERNET LANGUAGES, TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATIONS IN GENERAL
2 GA/TA positions projected – 280 hours
COMP 2067 - 95 PROGRAMMING FOR BEGINNERS
REQUIRED SKILL: SKILLED WITH PYTHON; FAMILIARITY OF COMPUTERS IN UNIVERSITY LABS; ABLE TO WORK AS AN INSTRUCTOR OR A GA/TA LEAD.
2 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 2097 - 91 SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR END USERS
REQUIRED SKILLS: KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA & DATA ANALYTICS RECOMMENDED.
4 GA/TA positions projected – 560 hours
COMP 2120 - 1 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING USING JAVA
REQUIRED SKILLS: EXPERIENCE IN JAVA PROGRAMMING; STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF OBJECT-ORIENTED PRINCIPALS; ABILITY TO WORK WITH VERSION CONTROL SYSTEMS (PREFERABLY IN GIT)
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 2540 - 1 DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS
TA REQUIRED SKILLS: EXPERIENCE IN T/A & MENTORING; DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (JAVA, C++, PYTHON)
GA REQUIRED SKILLS: ALGORITHMS & DATA STRUCTURES; LEADERSHIP & MENTORING
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 2560 - 1 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
REQUIRED SKILLS: PROFICIENT IN C LANGUAGE; MUST HAVE WORKED/STUDIED IN UNIX/LINUX ENVIRONMENT; MUST HAVE TAKEN SIMILAR COURSES IN SYSTEM PROGRAMMING USING C LANGUAGE UNDER UNIX/LINUX ENVIRONMENT
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 2650 - 1 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE I - DIGITAL DESIGN
REQUIRED SKILLS: EXPERIENCE IN C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
3 GA/TA positions projected – 420 hours
COMP 2707-91 ADVANCED WEBSITE DESIGN
REQUIRED SKILLS: WEBSITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL; CREATING WEB PAGES WITH HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY & PHP (IMPORTANT LANGUAGES); FORMS ON WEB PAGES (CREATION, VALIDATION, ETC.); DESIGNING FOR MULTIPLE SCREEN RESOLUTIONS BY BUILDING A RESPONSIVE WEB PAGE DESIGN FOR DESKTOPS, TABLETS & SMARTPHONES
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 3057 - 91 CYBER-ETHICS
REQUIRED SKILLS: BACKGROUND IN ETHICS
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 3220 - 1 OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ANALYSIS/DESIGN
REQUIRED SKILLS: EXPERIENCE WITH SOFTWARE PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS, DEVELOPING WITHIN & MANAGING LARGE CODE BASES; EXPERIENCE WRITING SOFTWARE IN A TEAM/GROUP; EXPERIENCE WITH SOFTWARE DESIGN PATTERNS IE: IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE (IDEALLY BOTH DIRECTLY & FROM REQUIREMENT/SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS; REFACTORING EXPERIENCE)
2 GA/TA positions projected – 280 hours
COMP 3300 - 1 OPERATING SYSTEMS FUNDAMENTALS
REQUIRED SKILLS: FLUENT IN C & BASH; UNDERSTANDING OF HOW KERNEL WORKS; CODING SKILL IN SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
3 GA/TA positions projected – 420 hours
COMP 3340 - 95 WORLD WIDE WEB INFO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
REQUIRED SKILLS: HTML AND CSS; JAVASCRIPT AND JS REACT FRAMEWORK; PHP PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
2 GA/TA positions projected – 240 hours
COMP 3670-1 COMPUTER NETWORKS
REQUIRED SKILLS: THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF OSI MODEL; ANALYSIS OF NETWORK TRAFFIC USING WIRESHARK; IP CONFIGURATION & BASIC NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING
2 GA/TA positions projected - 140 hours
COMP 8117 – 1ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TOPICS
REQUIRED SKILLS: DEEP TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE (SOFTWARE & COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES), BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE (ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES) OR SCIENTIFIC/GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; AUTONOMY & FLEXIBILITY.
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 8157 - 1 / 2 ADVANCED DATABASE TOPICS
REQUIRED SKILLS: SQL, PL/SQL; WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF ANY NON-RELATIONAL DATABASES LIKE MONGODB; DATA MINING
2 GA/TA positions projected – 240 hours
COMP 8207 - 1 EMERGING PARADIGMS IN COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 8347 - 1 / 2 / 3 INTERNET APPLICATION/DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
REQUIRED SKILLS: DJANGO (MOST IMPORTANT); HOW TO DEVELOP WEBSITES USING DJANGO. PYTHON LANGUAGE, USING IDE’S SUCH AS PYCHARM OR VSCODE.
3 GA/TA positions projected - 420 hours
COMP 8547 - 1 ADVANCED COMPUTING CONCEPTS
REQUIRED SKILLS: STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS: LINEAR DATA STRUCTURES: IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF STACKS, QUEUES, & LINKED LISTS. NON-LINEAR DATA STRUCTURES: UNDERSTANDING TREES, BINARY TREES, & MORE ADVANCED STRUCTURES SUCH AS AVL TREES, RED-BLACK TREES & SPLAY TREES. RECURSION: PROFICIENCY IN EXPLAINING & DEMONSTRATING RECURSION TECHNIQUES & APPLICATIONS. DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING: UNDERSTANDING OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS & ABILITY TO EXPLAIN HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS USING THIS APPROACH.
SORTING TECHNIQUES: KNOWLEDGE OF VARIOUS SORTING ALGORITHMS INCLUDING HEAP SORT, QUICK SORT, & MERGE SORT. SEARCHING TECHNIQUES: FAMILIARITY WITH BINARY SEARCH, BINARY SEARCH TREES, & HASHING. TIME & SPACE COMPLEXITY: ABILITY TO ANALYZE & EXPLAIN THE COMPLEXITY OF ALGORITHMS. ALGORITHM DESIGN PARADIGMS: KNOWLEDGE OF DIVIDE-AND-CONQUER, GREEDY ALGORITHMS, DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING & BACKTRACKING. FORMAL NOTION OF ALGORITHMS: UNDERSTANDING THE FORMAL DEFINITIONS & PROPERTIES OF ALGORITHMS.
PROGRAMMING PROFICIENCY: PROFICIENCY IN JAVA: ABILITY TO TEACH & ASSIST STUDENTS WITH JAVA PROGRAMMING. UNDERSTANDING OF WEB CRAWLING WITH SELENIUM: ABILITY TO TEACH THE BASICS OF WEB CRAWLING USING SELENIUM, PROVIDING PRACTICAL EXAMPLES & APPLICATIONS.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION & EXAMPLES: REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES: USING RELATABLE EXAMPLES TO DEMONSTRATE THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS.
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours
COMP 8567 - 1 / 2 ADVANCED SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
REQUIRED SKILLS: EXPERIENCE IN C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
2 GA/TA positions projected – 240 hours
COMP 8677 - 1 / 2 / 3 NETWORKING & DATA SECURITY
REQUIRED SKILLS: HAVE TAKEN COMPUTER NETWORK COURSE WITH AT LEAST AN 85%; HAVE TAKEN 1 INFORMATION SECURITY COURSE
3 GA/TA positions projected – 420 hours
COMP 8967 - 1 INTERNSHIP PROJECT I
REQUIRED SKILLS: PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; LEADERSHIP; KNOWLEDGE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
1 GA/TA positions projected – 140 hours