Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as molecular biology, marine biology, and botany.

“Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as molecular biology, marine biology, and botany.” is a core task performed by Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary. Among the occupation's 27 rated tasks, workers place it 26th by importance (#2 most important). About 99% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Teach academic or vocational subjects. in Training and Teaching Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers. · importance 4.7
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction. · importance 4.4
• Prepare materials for laboratory activities and course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. · importance 4.4
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. · importance 4.3
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · importance 4.3
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences. · importance 4.2
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. · importance 4.2
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. · importance 4.2
• Assist students who need extra help with their coursework outside of class. · importance 4.1
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. · importance 4.1
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. · importance 4.0
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. · importance 3.9
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media. · importance 3.8
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-5799,
  title  = {Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as molecular biology, marine biology, and botany.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-5799}
}