Teaching Assistant - HGEN 661 - Winter 2025

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Hiring Unit:
Department of Human Genetics

Course Title and Course Number:
HGEN 661 - Population Genetics

Estimated Number of Positions:
2

Total Hours of Work per Term:
50

Position Summary:
Help prepare programming exercises for a graduate population genetics course. Together with instructor, prepare and test code, code documentation, and data. Help students in-class with programming and population genetics questions. Discuss assignment results with students and assess completion.

Qualifications:
Proficiency in python. Good knowledge of population genetics and statistics. A Teaching Assistant is a Graduate Student at the Master’s or Doctoral level, at McGill University, employed to assist a course coordinator.

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