The COMP110 team introduces computer science to the Carolina community. We are a team of passionate, brilliant, and caring Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) who support, manage, and design every facet of the course.

In the past three years, the 110 UTA team has driven COMP110's growth to being the 3rd most popular course at UNC. This Fall we've introduced programming to over 1,000 fellow undergrads how to code!

"We really love what we do and it's a great community of people." -Izzi Hinks '20

Who can apply?

Everyone who has taken COMP110 or above is eligible to apply, however, we are especially looking for first year students who have just completed COMP110.

What do we hope to find in a new members?

• Passionate about helping others learn
• Skilled communicators with empathy
• Dependable team players
• Intelligent, driven, creative peers
• Optimists who enjoy having fun

Sound like you? Continue on...

What if 110 is my only experience?

Did you accidentally fall in love with programming in COMP110? Do well in the course? Help teach your friends? We especially want you to apply!

Many members of the team found programming in COMP110, too. Becoming a junior UTA while you're simultaneously in COMP401 is an amazing catalyst for strengthening your skills and knowledge.

Take Helen over there to the right, for example. Her first programming experience was in COMP110, too! Three semesters of being a UTA later and she'll interned at Google last summer.

"As a UTA you'll understand more about computer science, make a lot of awesome friends, and help the best students!" ~Helen '19 - 110 UTA & Intern at Google

A common question we're asked is "what do you do?"
The better question is what don't we do ?

Primarily, we hold office hours and teach programming one-on-one. Each of us also has a team of students we are responsible for through the semester. Beyond that, team members take initiative and ownership of many facets of the course:

• Help students during lecture
• Hold small and large group review sessions
• Design practice problems
• Produce review videos
• Organize hackathons
• Generate ideas for lecture
• Develop software for the team
• Manage and hire the UTA team itself

COMP110 UTAs have an outsized impact on the education and experiences of fellow Carolina students learning how to program.

How much time is required?

COMP110 UTAs in their first semester are hired for 5 hours per week. Additionally, Sundays at 5pm are our team meetings where we regroup and prep for the week ahead.

Personal Growth and Career Benefits

We're a big, crazy, caring family of passionate students who have fun both on the job and away from it. Joining the team provides a number of valuable growth opportunities:

• Strengthen your programming fundamentals through teaching others
• Practice valuable whiteboarding skills as needed during technical interviews
• Befriend & connect with awesome CS concentrators spanning all 4 years
• Mentorship from a "big", more senior member of the team you will reguarly meet with
• Learn from occasional guest and senior lectures (i.e. Dr. Fred Brooks on Teaching shown above)
• Join the 110 alumni network and connect with alumni at leading organizations
• Paid a modest semester stipend based on hourly commitment level
  (Note: if money is your primary objective there's better, easier money in being a paid tutor!)
• Feel the reward of helping students find that magical "a ha" moment