The Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University is pleased to announce Graduate Assistantship openings for students interested in youth development for the fall, 2015 semester. Full assistantships include a stipend ($1,470 per month for masters students and $1,647 for doctoral students) and payment of tuition and fees. Graduate teaching and research assistants are generally required to work 20 hours per week throughout the academic year. Two types of Graduate Assistantships are available:
Teaching Assistantship: Teaching Assistants assist faculty in teaching undergraduate courses. Responsibilities may include presentation of select lectures, group discussion leadership, class organization and management tasks and identification and organization of class resources. Teaching assistants are mentored by the faculty and receive constructive evaluative feedback concerning their pedagogy skills.
Research Assistantship: Research Assistants assist faculty with research projects related to the faculty member’s area of expertise and research agenda. Research Assistants develop research skills in literature review, data collection and data analysis.
For more information regarding the Graduate Program and Graduate Assistantships, please visit rpts.tamu.edu/academics/graduate-academics/. If you have any questions please contact Dr. Chris Harrist (chris.harrist@tamu.edu, 979-862-4615) or Dr. Gary Ellis (gellis@ag.tamu.edu, 979-845-6018).
For more information about the Bryan-College Station area see the attached. Please distribute as appropriate.
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Chris Harrist, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Sequor Youth Development Initiative
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
Texas A&M University
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