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LD ARCH 101 Fundamentals of Landscape Design - GSI The GSI will attend the two 4 hour studio sessions each week. He/she will be expected to set up projectors for lectures and to organize handouts and other class materials. In addition, the GSI for this class will be responsible for giving desk critiques during class time and setting up 2 hours of office time per week to be available to students. It is important that the appointee has good skills at producing basic design drawings, understands landscape dimension, and is comfortable with topography/grading. Part of the handout preparation will occur during the late summer so applicants should be available the week before classes. The GSI will be responsible, under our supervision, for marking class assignments. The candidate should be comfortable working with digital information. The time commitment will be approximately 10 hours per week during the semester. LD ARCH 103 GSI The GSI for this studio will be responsible for collecting resource materials for design problems, preparation of design statements and xeroxing studio materials. The TA will set up the slide projector and screen for the lectures. He/she will take attendance, give desk crits, and organize the design juries and visual exams. In addition, he/she will help organize field trips. If so desired, the TA can give presentations on their field of interest or expertise. The GSI is expected to have weekly office hours. LD ARCH 110 GSI Qualifications Familiarity with the natural factors of the landscape through courses in ecology, geology, soils, hydrology, flora, and fauna. Valid California driver's license. Availability to attend and teach laboratory sections on Thursday and Friday afternoons (1 to 6 pm) and to attend lectures MWF at 8:00. Duties 1. Attend lectures LD ARCH 111 Introduction to Landscape Plants in Design - Reader The Reader for this class is expected to attend the lectures and field labs and provide support to students during and after class time. He/she will be responsible for organizing the reader and researching, copying/scanning and distributing resource materials for lectures and exercises. Other responsibilities include the grading of class assignments in close coordination with the instructor, also the maintenance of projection equipment. The time commitment will be approximately 4 hours per week for student contact (lectures and desk crits) with 6 remaining hours spent on preparation of course materials, meetings with instructor, assistance with assignment and exam reviews, depending on the class topic and schedule. The Reader for LD ARCH 111 should have a strong interest in planting design and some experience with design projects at different scales. A basic knowledge of the ecology, aesthetic and spatial qualities of plants, as well as general principles of design composition, historical garden styles and built works of landscape architecture is desirable. The candidate should be comfortable working with digital information. LD ARCH 227 Restoration of Rivers and Streams - Reader Duties include picking up, setting up and returning laptop/LCD and any other audio-visual equipment needed for class, also setting up and putting away supplies for student dinners, commenting on student restoration plan reviews, correcting term-project-guideline quizzes, assisting with logistics for class field trips, and managing logistics for Berkeley River Restoration Symposium, including keeping RSVP list. Qualifications: familiarity with subject matter. LD ARCH 132 GSI GSI is required to maintain the class website and any electronic news group or bulletin board being used in the class. The GSI is required to help prepare and go over the material in the laboratory sessions (exercises) ahead of time to insure each laboratory is functional. This includes checking to insure all software, hardware, links, files, data files and directories are operational in the computer laboratory being used by the students. The GSI should check the operational status of all the computers in the laboratory once a week and log any problems. The GSI is required to make any changes in the laboratories to make them more effective for the students. These changes are to be discussed and agreed upon with the faculty. The GSI is required to lead the lab sessions where the use of software is taught and assignments carried out. During these sessions they will demonstrate where necessary and help students as they undertake each exercise or execute their class projects. The GSI will have 5 hours/week in the classroom and 1 office hour outside of normal times. The GSI will grade the lab exercises and help students as they build their computer models and plot their final assignments. The total in class and student contact will be approximately 6 hours per week with 4 remaining hours spent on marking and helping prepare lab assignments and ancillary materials. LD ARCH 134A GSI (Drawing Workshop I) This studio will elaborate on a number of studio themes while introducing the students to a variety of graphic mediums and drawing techniques. Figure-ground principles and themes of contrast, color, chiaroscuro, and compositions will augment measured drawing procedures (including orthographic projections). On-site and visits to galleries and museums will complement the studio sessions. The TA primary responsibilities include:
The responsibilities include: Pulling and organizing slides from the Architectural Visual Resources Library for lectures, copying and distributing of course materials including lecture outlines and assignments, grading of midterm, term papers and finals, running slide projectors during lectures, maintenance of slide projectors, and preparation of background materials for lectures and assignments. LD ARCH/GEOG 188 GSI The GSI in LD ARCH/GEOG 188 is required to help in maintaining the class website and any electronic news group or bulletin board being used in the class. The GSI is required to help prepare and go over the material in the laboratory sessions (exercises) ahead of time to insure each laboratory is functional. This includes checking to insure all software, hardware, links, files, data files and directories are operational in the computer laboratory being used by the students. The GSI should check the operational status of all the computers in the laboratory once a week and log any problems. The GSI should be aware of their students and which lab on campus they are doing their homework in so the GSI can check weekly those laboratories for sound operation. The GSI is required to make any changes in the laboratories to make them more effective for the students...but must coordinate this effort with the professor and the other GSIs. The GSI is required to lead the lab sessions where the use of software is taught and assignments carried out. During these sessions they will demonstrate where necessary and help students as they undertake each exercise. The GSI will have 2 hours/week in the classroom and 2 office hours outside of normal times. Another 2 hours per week will be spent tuning the laboratory assignments and the rest of the time will be spent grading the lab exercises and helping to grade the mid-term and final exam. The total in class and student contact will be approximately 4 hours per week with 6 remaining hours spent on marking and helping prepare lab assignments and ancillary materials. LD ARCH 201 GSI The GSI position for LD ARCH 201 is a 25% time, (approx. 10 hours a week between the end of August and December), teaching assistant position for 25+ graduate students in the studio “Ecological Factors in Urban Landscape Design”. The GSI will be responsible for attending both 4 hour studio class periods each week, (Mon. and Wed. Afternoons), in addition to setting aside 2 hours each week to meet with students regarding their individual and group design work in studio. Studio class periods are spent giving desk critiques, assisting with materials necessary for fieldwork, research and distribution of background materials for lectures and studio assignments, and going on field trips. Other responsibilities include conducting skill-specific workshops, assisting with the assembly of review juries, and documenting student work at reviews. The GSI for LD ARCH 201 should be a good, confident designer with a strong interest in urban ecology, large scale planning projects, and digital means of representation! The candidate should be comfortable with and have some experience with projects at both a master planning and site-specific scale, with good drawing and model-building skills. Candidate should be comfortable manipulating digital information. Our studio site is Wildcat Creek in Contra Costa Co., so an interest in, or knowledge of the area would be a big bonus, but is certainly not necessary. LD ARCH 253 In coordination with faculty responsible for the course, GSI will develop list of potential speakers, invite speakers, and develop schedule for lecture series. GSI will coordinate the publicity of the lectures in the form of a poster and weekly email messages to the LAEP students and the Wurster Hall community at large. The brownbag lectures are held Wednesdays at 1pm, except during weeks when the department may schedule evening lectures. Normally, the LD ARCH 253 lecture schedule is finalized prior to the beginning of classes, therefore the task of contacting speakers, finalizing the dates must be done the month before the course begins. LAEP PhD students advancing to candidacy are given priority for this position to provide them with an opportunity to gain teaching experience. |