Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.

“Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.” is a core task performed by Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary. Among the occupation's 28 rated tasks, workers place it 24th by importance (#5 most important). About 89% 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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques. · importance 4.7
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers. · importance 4.6
• Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments. · importance 4.5
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. · importance 4.4
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. · importance 4.3
• Organize performance groups and direct their rehearsals. · importance 4.3
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. · 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
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. · importance 4.2
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. · importance 4.1
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. · importance 4.1
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. · importance 4.0
• Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and performance pieces. · importance 3.9
• Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Art, Drama, and Music 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-6264,
  title  = {Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.},
  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-6264}
}