Calculator Test

This calculator will tell you approximately how much revenue you earn for Temple University through your duties as a TA. This value is calculated by multiplying the average cost of an undergraduate credit ($1150) by the number of credits the course is worth (usually 3, or a smaller number if you only teach a lab, feel free to estimate) by the number of students you teach (totalled over all the sections).

For instance, if you're the Instructor-of-Record for two sections (one with 22 students the other with 27) of the 3-credit Math 101 course, then your student count would be 49, your credit counted would be 3, and your total generated revenue would be 49x3x$1150 = $169,050. Say instead you only taught the labs for those sections, then you may only do 1/3rd of the work, so you'd be responsible for 1 credit's worth of revenue generation.

How many students are in the sections you're responsible for?

How many credits is the section (or sections) that you are responsibile for?

You generate $(way more than you make!!!) in tuition revenue for Temple University each semester!

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