Positions and Opportunites

The vast majority of the opportunities at the MAC are available only to current IUPUI students. These part-time positions/opportunities usually require a commitment of five to twenty hours per week; there are no full-time positions available. Tutor positions and mentor positions are among the types most frequently offered at the MAC. Applicants passing the interview and evaluation process must also submit to a background security check before they are granted a position at the MAC.

Tutoring

Generally speaking, applicants for a tutor position should have completed a full calculus sequence (e.g., IUPUI Math courses 16500, 16600, and 26100); this amounts to at least 14 credit hours of coursework including differential calculus, integral calculus, and multi-variable calculus. Additional mathematics coursework should be noted on the application form. Tutors are typically paid an hourly rate ranging from $9.00 to $10.50 per hour.

Mentoring

You may be eligible for a mentoring assignment even if you have not completed a calculus course. However, mentoring assignments are typically awarded only to undergraduate applicants who have completed one or more of the following courses at IUPUI: 00100, 11000, 11100, M118, M119, 15300, 15400, or 15900. Completing a similar course at another institution does not qualify a candidate for a mentoring assignment. Mentors receive a scholarship ($1800 - $2700) for their commitment and service over the semester, and they are required to register for and complete a special one credit hour course during each semester of service, inquire at the MAC for more details.

Other

Other positions such as receptionist, supervisor, and specialist (web and/or database programming) are less frequently available, but applications for these positions are accepted at all times. Applicants for the supervisor positions must have the ability to oversee several tutors and mentors in action, must have a demonstrated proficiency in mathematics or statistics, and must be proficient in standard computer skills, such as typing. Applicants for the receptionist positions should be eligible for work-study funding.

Application Process

• If you are interested in pursuing a tutoring position you must download and read the Tutor Applicaton Information. Additional documentation such as your current schedule-of-classes, transcripts, and letters of recommendation may be included with the application, although these items are usually not required of the applicant.
• If you are interested in pursuing a mentoring position you must download and read the Mentoring Application Packet. Additional documentation such as your current schedule-of-classes and unofficial transcript are required for mentoring applicants and must be included with the application.

• The forms must be completed in ink, and then handed to a receptionist at the MAC (UC-102):

  Mathematics Assistance Center,
  815 West Michigan Street
  Room 102
  

Deadlines

Employment and service opportunities for students with varied backgrounds and interests arise throughout the academic year at the MAC. However, most of the available positions are filled before the beginning of the semester under consideration, so applications should be submitted early. Generally speaking, applications should be submitted before the end of the preceding full-term semester. Consideration is given to applications arriving as late as the first full week of class, if positions remain to be filled at that time.