Graduate Student Instructors
Please submit the Graduate Student Instructor's (GSI's) updated CV, a department letter from the Chair addressed to the Dean, and CCI approval (see below) to Academic HR Specialist Lili Diaz to request a GSI appointment.
To request CCI approval, please submit GSI requests for undergraduate courses through the CARS Portal. You must follow this process even if the GSI teaching request meets the criteria for CCI blanket approval, as this process captures the approval of the department chair and the dean.
The department letter from the department chair should include details such as the proposed title (Associate In or Teaching Fellow), proposed salary rate, begin and end dates of the appointment, percent time, who the GSI's faculty mentor will be, information about the course the GSI is teaching, and why a GSI is teaching the course instead of a faculty member.
Full Fee and Tuition Remission for Academic Student Employees (Effective 2023-2024)
Academic Student Employees (e.g. TAs, Graduate Student Instructors, Readers who are graduate students) qualify for full fee and tuition remission if they are appointed at least 25% time or greater, in all Academic Student Employee and other appointments combined. Full fee and tuition remission includes (as per the Office of the Registrar's webpage):
- Student Services Fee - $402.00
- Tuition - $4,088.00
- Partial Campus Fees - $464.70
- Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHIP) - $1,738.00
Total Quarterly Fees: $6,692.70
The full fee and tuition remission provided by ASE appointments does not cover Nonresident Supplemental Tuition (non-California residents or international students), which is $5,034.00 for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Academic Student Employee appointments are subject to a 4.76% miscellaneous benefits charge as of 7/1/23 (this is charged to the FOAPAL and based on the salary).
More Information
CCI Policy on the Appointment and Use of GSIs
Committee on Courses of Instruction (CCI) General Information
GSI Appointment Information and Policy
Division of Graduate Studies Student Employment Information
ASE (Academic Student Employee) Bargaining Contract