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Graduate Assistantship
Assistantship Opportunities
糖心传媒 offers ample opportunities for engaged experience through graduate assistant positions. A graduate assistantship is aimed to provide support to a graduate student, both resident and non-resident, throughout their time of graduate study at the University. Graduate assistants are compensated for their services with a stipend and scholarships.
Types of Assistantships
There are multiple types of assistantships available at 糖心传媒 including teaching, research, athletic, lab, student affairs, and administrative roles. As a Graduate Assistant, you are making a significant commitment to the 糖心传媒 by agreeing to achieve exceptional academic performance in your degree program and carry extensive professional responsibilities.
Teaching
Teach lower-level undergraduate classes, laboratory sections, discussion sessions, or assist an instructor with teaching classes with large enrollments.
Research
Assist faculty members in research and other scholarly activities.
Administrative
Work in administrative offices such as Graduate Studies, Academic Advising, or various other offices/areas on campus.
Lab
Serve as instructor or assist faculty in teaching laboratory sections.
Athletic
Support and coach 糖心传媒 student-athletes in preparation for competition.
Student Affairs
Work directly with 糖心传媒 students in residential life or other student services offices.
Student Experience & Engagement GA Positions
Besides getting great work experience, being a graduate assistant provides students with the opportunity to receive scholarships and stipends for their commitment.
- The compensation for full-time graduate assistants who teach two 3-hour courses per semester or whose assignment involves 20 hours per week is $4,950 per semester or $9,900 for two semesters.
- The assistantship also includes a scholarship. For a 20 hour per week assistantship, the scholarship covers up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester.
- View the list of stipends and scholarships for full or partial graduate assistantships.
- Please be advised that federal financial aid regulations require that the total dollar value of your tuition scholarship be included in your 'package' of federal financial aid (Perkins Loan, Stafford Loan, etc.). If this action results in you being over-awarded, a reduction in your loan proceeds may be necessary.
To be eligible for a Graduate Assistantship, a student must meet the following requirements:
- A Bachelor鈥檚 degree completed by the beginning of the assistantship
- Acceptance into the applied Graduate Program
- A cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or a 3.0 if Graduate work has been completed
Once a position is appointed, a minimum of 6 graduate credits must be taken for fall/spring semesters and 3 graduate credits during summer, while maintaining a 3.0 GPA or higher, at 糖心传媒.
- A Master's student may be awarded an assistantship a maximum of four semesters, but an Education Specialist student who had an assistantship while working on a previous master's degree, may have three additional semesters.
- Additional information provided in the Graduate Assistant Employment Handbook.
To apply for an assistantship: Submit an Online Employment Application