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Every year, the Department of Communication awards a limited number of graduate assistantships. When applying for an assistantship, you must concurrently apply to the Graduate School for graduate admission. These assistantships carry stipends for a nine-month appointment, waivers of tuition (both resident and out-of-state), and some assistance with health insurance. Appointments generally require a working assignment of 20 hours per week; the workload equals a half-time appointment. Most teaching assistants teach two sections of the Fundamentals of Communication course, keep office hours, and attend a weekly teachers training session. A limited number of appointments may be offered to support faculty teaching large sections (e.g., COMM 1003—Basic Course in the Fine Arts: Film Lecture) or to assist in teaching, research, or service. |
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The Department of Communication expects graduate assistants to meet high standards for satisfactory academic progress. Graduate teaching assistants must complete a minimum of six graduate credit hours (but no more than 12) during each semester and 15 hours by the end of the second semester on appointment. They must maintain a 3.0 GPA and receive a positive recommendation from the Graduate Committee to continue their appointment. Those who receive a summer appointment, must enroll for at least three hours. Graduate teaching assistants may teach during one summer session and attend class in another. The assistantship can be extended over four semesters (not including Summer School).
To insure full consideration of your application for a teaching assistantship, the COMPLETED file should reach the department by October 1st for Spring semester appointments, and by February 1st for Fall semester appointments.
If interested in an assistantship, you should contact the Department of Communication office and request the appropriate application materials or download the appropriate documents below. You will need to return a completed assistantship application form, official transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to the department’s Director of Graduate Studies.
International students (and resident aliens) whose native language is not English must demonstrate competency in spoken English by submitting a test score of at least 50 on the Test of Spoken English (TSE) in order to be eligible for a graduate assistantship with teaching responsibilities. This test cannot be waived.
If you enter the program and have been assigned deficiencies, you generally are ineligible for a teaching assistantship until these deficiencies have been satisfied. If you were assigned more than six hours of deficiencies and you are interested in an assistantship, you might select public speaking, interpersonal, and small group to meet these deficiencies. You may receive permission to audit COMM 5111-002. This might improve your chances of receiving a future assistantship as well as provide background in the area of communication education. If you were admitted conditionally, you generally are ineligible for a teaching assistantship until you have completed 12 hours of graduate credit with at least of a 3.0 GPA.
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