Department of Physics
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Application
Summer Session 2016
Last name:
First name:
SID:
Email:
Mobile #:
Alternate phone #:
Spring 2016 GSI in Physics:
If you are not a Spring 2016 Physics GSI, please complete the next two lines
below.
Are you currently employed on campus? [ ] No [ ] Yes
What department?
Title of employment:
Appointment end date:
Outside graduate students who have not taught for us before must attach undergraduate transcript (unofficial OK).
Indicate preferred appointment for consideration:
[ ] 20 hours/week
[ ] 40 hours/week
Please indicate your first choice with (1) and your second choice with (2), etc.:
COURSE
7A
Session C:
6/20/16 to 8/12/16
7B
Session C:
6/20/16 to 8/12/16
7C
Session C:
6/20/16 to 8/12/16
8A
Session C:
6/20/16 to 8/12/16
8B
Session C:
6/20/16 to 8/12/16
77
Session B:
6/6/16-8/12/16
89
Session B:
6/6/16-8/12/16
RANK
CHOICE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Prerequisites: High School physics Math 1A or Math1AS; Math 1B or Math 1BS (may
be taken concurrently). Mechanics and wave motion
Prerequisites: 7A; Math 1A-1B Math 53 (may be taken concurrently). Heat electricity
and magnetism
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: 7A-7B; Math 1A-1B, Math 53-54 (Math 54 must be taken
concurrently, if it has not been completed). Electromagnetic waves, physical optics,
relativity and quantum physics.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 16A or equivalent or consent of instructor. Introduction to
forces kinetics equilibria fluids waves and heat. This course presents concepts and
methodologies for understanding physical phenomena and is particularly useful
preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Prerequisites: 8A or equivalent. Introduction to
electricity magnetism
electromagnetic waves optics and modern physics. The course presents concepts
and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena and is particularly useful
preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Prerequisites: Math 1A; Physics 7A (which may be taken concurrently) or permission of
instructor Introductory scientific programming in Python with examples from physics. Topics
include: visualization, statistics and probability, regression, numerical integration, simulation,
data modeling, function approximation, and algebraic systems. Recommended for freshman
physics majors.
Prerequisites: Math 53. Complex numbers, linear algebra, ordinary differential equations,
Fourier series and transform methods, introduction to partial differential equations,
introduction to tensors. Applications to physics will be emphasized. This course or an
equivalent course required for physics major.
111A
Session B:
6/6/16-8/12/16
Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor. The instrumentation lab (formerly Basic Semiconductor
Circuits) is an introductory course in basic design, analysis and modeling of circuits, and data
analysis and control. Topics include but not limited to:linear circuits, semiconductor diodes,
JFETS, Op-Amps, Labview programming, ADC and DAC converters, signal processing, and
feedback control.
Prerequisites: Physics 7A, 7B, 7C. Part I of 2. Introduction to the methods of quantum
mechanics with applications to atomic, molecular, solid state, nuclear and elementary particle
physics.
137A
Session C:
6/20/16 to 8/12/16
Summer GSIs will be hired in the following order: 1) Physics graduate students, 2) outside graduate student with prior
Physics GSI experience, 3) outside graduate students with documented prior GSI experience, and 4) others.
Please return your applications to Student Services (or email to physics-student-services@lists.berkeley.edu)
by Monday, March 14, 2016.
Assignments for physics graduate students will be announced starting Monday, March 21, 2016.
Summer 2016 GSIs must meet the following requirements: Be registered Spring 2016 graduate students, have a GPA of 3.0 or better,
have no more than two incomplete grades on record, and no more than four years* of teaching experience at UC Berkeley.
* Graduate students are limited to four years (8 semesters) of teaching without having advanced to candidacy. Summer Sessions GSI
appointments do not count towards the 8 semester teaching maximum or GSI Step promotion.
Please complete the following:
Registered Spring 2016 graduate student? [ ] No [ ] Yes
Department:
Current GPA:
Date passed Prelims:
Number of Incompletes:
How many semesters have you been employed as GSI at UC Berkeley?
Do you currently hold a fellowship? [ ] No [ ] Yes
Fellowship Title:
Does your fellowship allow for additional support? [ ] No [ ] Yes
What %?
I certify that the above information is correct:
Applicant Signature
20 hr/wk
40 hr/wk
Estimated Summer 2016 GSI Salary
GSI.1 - $4,361.88
GSI.2 - $4,598.12
GSI.1 - $8,723.76
GSI.2 - $9,196.24
GSI.3 - $4,826.35
GSI.3 - $9,652.71
Session B Courses: Summer 2016 Physics GSI Organizational Meeting, Friday, June 3, 2016, 9 AM, 375 LeConte.
Session C Courses: Summer 2016 Physics GSI Organizational Meeting, Friday, June 17, 2016, 9 AM, 375 LeConte.