Graduate Teaching Assistantships

Graduate teaching assistants assist faculty with their instruction and research. The School of Information Sciences awards graduate teaching assistantships to qualified students who are fully admitted as degree candidates prior to the award date.

Graduate teaching assistants are appointed for two consecutive semesters beginning the fall semester of an academic year (Fall, Spring). Full-time enrollment (a minimum of 9 hours) is required each semester and a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 is required during the two semester appointment.

The assistantship is a one-fourth time academic year appointment that requires a normal work time of 10 hours per week for each week that the university is in session during the fall and spring semesters.

The stipend is paid in twelve monthly installments on the last working day of each month beginning August and ending in July. The assistantship is a one-fourth-time academic year appointment that requires a normal work time of 10 hours per week for each week that the university is in session during the fall and spring semesters. In addition to the stipend, the graduate teaching assistantship provides a waiver of in-state or out-of-state maintenance/tuition fees for three semesters (fall, spring, summer), and health insurance benefits. The assistantship does not cover the student activity fee, the cost of books and materials needed for courses, housing, or graduation fees.

The deadline for submitting the SIS Graduate Teaching Assistantship Application (PDF, 48k) is April 15 of the year of the award. New applicants should submit a GTA Application with their application for admission to the School.

Applicants for a GTA will be notified in writing by May. Applicants are ranked based on their undergraduate grade-point average, or graduate grade-point average, or GRE verbal score.