Outside Teaching Jobs

Columbia College 

• Literature Humanities. Popularly known as "Literature Humanities’" or "Lit. Hum.," this yearlong course offers Columbia College students the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of some of the most significant texts of Western culture. Graduate student instructors receive an appointment as Preceptor. Click here to visit the Literature Humanities section of the Columbia College website. Contact the Core Curriculum office in 202 Hamilton Hall at 212-854-245 for details on applying.
• Contemporary Civilization. The central purpose of “Contemporary Civilization” or “CC” is to introduce students to a range of issues concerning the kinds of communities— political, social, moral, and religious—that human beings construct for themselves and the values that inform and define such communities; the course is intended to prepare students to become active and informed citizens. Among the readings currently required in the course are the Bible, the Qur’an, and works by Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Smith, Rousseau, Kant, Burke, Tocqueville, Mill, Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and DuBois. Graduate student instructors receive an appointment as Preceptor and teach a seminar, generally of about twenty students, that meets twice a week for two hours each time. Open to students who expect to have the M. Phil. by the time they begin instruction. Click here to visit the Contemporary Civilization section of the Columbia College website. Contact the Core Curriculum office in 202 Hamilton Hall at 212-854-245 for details on applying.
• Undergraduate Writing Program. Fellows teach freshman writing seminars at Columbia College. How to apply: Third- through seventh-year PhD students are eligible to apply. Deadline falls in the academic year BEFORE the year you will be teaching. The UWP website has details and an application.

School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) 

• Andrew W. Cordier Fellowship. Fellows teach individual classes of entering graduate students at SIPA. A strong political science background helps. How to apply: contact the SIPA Dean's office in early spring.

Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Periodic openings for graduate students to teach women's studies courses. A background in women's studies or women's history is required. How to apply: They generally hire in the semester before the class is taught. Contact the IRWAG office for details.

Other Jobs For Graduate Students

Rapporteur at University Seminars
Rapporteurs take notes at evening meetings, distribute them to mailing list, send out invitations for events, etc. Good chance to mingle with faculty. $75/evening for the first semester, $150 thereafter. How to apply: Usually the professor in charge of a seminar hires you. Amanda Roberts is the administrator and knows the status of each seminar (Do they need a rapporteur?, etc.). Contact information and a list of current seminars is available on the University Seminars web page.