It's Time to Make TA Requests for Fall 2025: Deadline July 11, 2025

It's time to start making TA requests for Fall 2025!  Please do the following by Friday, July 11, 2025 (Note: Incoming grad students in the Fall 2025 class should ignore these instructions, as we will discuss TA arrangements for you during our advising meetings this summer):

1. First, talk with your research advisor (if you have one) about the source of your support for Fall 2025.

2. If you need a TA position for Fall 2025 (i.e., you will not have any RA support from your advisor), next, use the following link to get to the TA preference form for Fall 2025, https://my.physics.illinois.edu/grad/taprefs/, and indicate the TA appointment percentage you're requesting for Fall 2025. Note that a full TA appointment is 50%. If you want a partial TA appointment (e.g., 25% TA and 25% RA) or a 17% TA appointment in addition to a 50% RA appointment (to cover an additional course section), please indicate this at the top left of the form. The department may not be able to offer additional (e.g., 17%) TA appointments to students with other support.

3. Finally, please indicate your course preferences, and fill out your available times during the Fall 2025 semester. Please select as many two-hour blocks of time as possible, as this makes the difficult TA scheduling process easier. To the extent possible, I will make TA assignments on a first-come-first-served basis, so the earlier you complete your self-evaluation and get your preferences in, the more likely it will be that you'll get one of your top choices.

Please complete the TA preference form as soon as possible, as I will start making TA appointments immediately. Again, if you're not sure if you need to be supported partially or fully by a TA position, please consult with your advisor as soon as possible. Note that we don't expect to have any remote teaching opportunities during the Fall 2025 semester.

We need your Fall 2025 support information no later than Friday, July 11, 2025. Please let me know (slcooper@illinois.edu) if you have any questions about your TA preferences. Enjoy the rest of your summer!