Graduate Assistantships
The Center for Mexican American Studies offers both teaching assistant and assistant instructor opportunities to graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin. These assistantships are open to continuing graduate students ONLY and are contingent on institutional funding. CMAS does not typically offer assistantships to first-year graduate students in the Master of Art degree program in Mexican American Studies. Funding is available to students in the second year of the program.Graduate students seeking an appointment with CMAS must be enrolled in either the Master of Arts degree program in Mexican American Studies or participating in the Graduate Portfolio Program in Mexican American Studies.
Graduate students seeking an appointment as a teaching assistant must be in good standing with the Graduate School (i.e., 3.00 grade-point average or better), registered for at least nine semester hours of course work in the long semester they are appointed, and making progress toward their graduate degree. Applicants must submit the CMAS TA Application Form by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2011.
Graduate students seeking an appointment as an assistant instructor must also be in good standing with the Graduate School (i.e., 3.00 grade-point average or better), registered for at least nine semester hours of course work in the long semester they are appointed, and making progress toward their graduate degree. Applicants must also have a master's degree or an equivalent level of achievement in graduate study (e.g., 30 hours including 18 hours of credit in the subject to be taught) and professional accomplishment. Applicants must have credit for a 398T (i.e., supervised teaching course) plus one semester of employment as a teaching assistant or have one year of teaching experience at an accredited college or school. Applicants must submit the CMAS AI Application Form by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2011.
A complete assistant instructor application also includes the following items:
- Titles for Two (2) Proposed Lower-Divsion Courses
- A Brief Description for each Course (50 words maximum)
- A List of Texts/Readings to be Assigned for Each Proposed Course
- Grade Assignments for the Proposed Courses
Graduate students are limited to a total of 14 semesters of student academic employment. The Graduate School enforces the 14 Semester Rule and there are no exceptions to this policy. This policy applies to both teaching assistant and assistant instructor appointments.
Submit all application materials to:
Program Coordinator
Center for Mexican American Studies
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, F9200
Austin, Texas 78712
Prospective applicants should contact Luis Guevara, CMAS Program Coordinator, at (512) 475-6769 or lvg@austin.utexas.edu, with any questions they might have about the application process.
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