Physics Postings
These postings are updated by SFU's departments. Applicants should make sure that they can meet the departments' requirements and application deadlines. Please apply directly to the department where the job posting is located. Please check your department's job posting website as well.
Please click here for additional and re-posted Spring 2021 postings. Application deadline for additional postings: January 15, 2021.
There are no Sessional Instructor (SI) postings in Physics for the Spring 2021 term.
Teaching Assistant Postings
TA QUALIFICATIONS
For all courses
Sufficient knowledge in the discipline of the course to interpret the course material and competency in oral and written English.
Additional requirements for specific courses
All lower division lab and studio courses (100, 101 (Surrey only), 102 (Surrey only), 132, 133, 140, 141, 190, 233, 234)
A bachelor's or master's degree in Physics
OR
A background in physics including successful completion of an upper division undergraduate physics lab course and successful completion of an upper division undergraduate course in quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, or electromagnetism
OR
A background in physics including successful completion of at least two lower division undergraduate physics lab courses AND demonstrated teaching ability as an instructor or teaching assistant in a post-secondary physics course.
Lower division lectures with TA-led tutorials (101, 102, 120, 121, 211, 255, 285)
A bachelor's or master's degree in Physics; demonstrated teaching ability as an instructor or teaching assistant in a post-secondary physics course preferred
OR
A background in physics including successful completion of lower division physics lecture courses covering material through intermediate mechanics and electromagnetism AND demonstrated teaching ability as an instructor or teaching assistant in a post-secondary physics course
Upper division lectures with TA-led tutorials (321, 421, 445)
A background in physics including successful completion of a graduate-level course on electromagnetism comparable in scope, sophistication, and difficulty to those offered by the SFU Department of Physics AND demonstrated teaching ability as an instructor or teaching assistant in a post-secondary physics course
PHYS 332W
A background in Physics including successful completion of an upper division course in optics or both electrodynamics and quantum mechanics, and an upper division laboratory course with demonstrable knowledge of experimental optics, data analysis, and Python; excellent scientific writing skills
Lower division, marking only
A background in physics including successful completion of lower division physics lecture courses covering material through intermediate mechanics and electromagnetism.
Upper division, marking only
A background in physics including successful completion of upper division undergraduate quantum mechanics, mathematical methods and electromagnetism courses. PHYS 391 requires Python knowledge.
ADDITIONAL POSTINGS - SPRING 2021 - PHYSICS
| Course |
Title | Campus | Instructor | Position | Course Components | #TAs | BUs per TA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS 365* | Semiconductor Device Physics | REMOTE | Kavanagh | TA | Marking only | 1 | 1.00 |
| PHYS 841 |
Statistical Mechanics |
REMOTE | Herbut |
TA |
Marking only | 1 |
1.00 |
*Re-post, note that base units have been revised to 1.00 from .5 since original posting.
TA Appointment Process
APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR ADDITIONAL SPRING 2021 POSTINGS: JANUARY 15, 2021
Please contact physmgr@sfu.ca by the deadline date to apply for any of the additional Spring 2021 postings.
Additional information:
Appointment dates for the Spring 2021 term are January 4th through April 30th, 2021. By applying for a TA position you indicate your availability for the entire appointment period. Requests for leaves are covered in the TSSU Collective Agreement Article XXV.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only successful applicants will be contacted. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.
Sessional Instructor Postings
There are no Sessional Instructor postings for the Spring 2021 term.
The Department of Physics' normal posting dates and timelines for Sessional Instructor postings are as follows:
- Fall term (September to December): Positions posted by June 15th
- Spring term (January to April): Positions posted by October 15th
- Summer term (May to August): Positions posted by February 15th
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