COSAM News Articles 2021 October Faculty can apply for learning assistants for the spring 2022 semester

Faculty can apply for learning assistants for the spring 2022 semester

Published: 10/05/2021

Learning assistants are undergraduate students that help facilitate students’ learning in the active learning classrooms.

“These students successfully completed the course they are helping to spark discussions and learning among students,” said Min Zhong, senior lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences and lead program coordinator for the learning assistant program.

Faculty can apply for learning assistants online until Oct. 15 for their classes for the spring 2022 semester.

“The learning assistant model supports faculty to transform the course into the student-centered learning environment with meaningful group activities in large classroom settings and directly promotes student engagement and discourse to increase learning and overall retention,” Zhong added.

Courses that use learning assistants include:

Biology

BIOL 1000 – Introduction to Biology

BIOL 1020 – Principles of Biology (multiple sections)

BIOL 1030 – Organismal Biology (multiple sections)

BIOL 2500 – Human Anatomy and Physiology I

BIOL 3200 – General Microbiology (multiple sections)

BIOL 5500 – Immunology

BIOL 5200 – Clinical Microbiology

Chemistry

CHEM 1030 – Fundamentals of Chemistry I (multiple sections)

CHEM 1040 – Fundamental Chemistry II (multiple sections)

CHEM 1120 – General Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers II

CHEM 1127 – Honors General Chemistry II

CHEM 2030 – Survey of Organic Chemistry

CHEM 2070 – Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 2080 – Organic Chemistry II (multiple sections)

Geosciences

GEOL 1110 – Earth & Life Through Time

GEOL 2100 – Environmental Geology

GEOL 2020 – Physical Geography

Physics

PHYS 1500 – General Physics I

PHYS 1510 – General Physics II

PHYS 1600 – Engineering Physics I (multiple sections)

PHYS 1610 – Engineering Physics II

PHYS 1607 – Honors Physics I

PHYS 1617 – Honors Physics II

Program coordinators include:

Biology:

Min Zhong: zhongmi@auburn.edu (LA program lead coordinator)

Chemistry:

Rachel Prado: jrp0089@auburn.edu

Vanessa dos Reis Falcao: vzd0017@auburn.edu

Physics:

Daniel Merrill: dam0040@auburn.edu

Melissa Halford: mrh0091@auburn.edu

Geosciences:

Adam Payne: aap0047@auburn.edu

John Fronimos: jaf0086@auburn.edu