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Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships (GA)

Graduate aassistants work under the supervision of a faculty member for either 10 or 20 hours/week. In return, they are provided with a partial tuition reduction and a monetary stipend that is distributed throughout the graduate assistant contract period, including fall and spring semesters.

The Department of Counseling and Human Development typically offers several 10-hour graduate assistantships (GA; 10 hours/week of assistantship service) and a minimal number of 20-hour assistantships (20 hours/week of assistantship service) each year.

Graduate assistantship duties vary by supervisor and may include helping faculty members with teaching, scholarship, and/or university service activities. Assistantships are viewed as an encouragement or reward for continued academic excellence rather than as a sole means to alleviate financial need.

Ten-hour/week graduate assistants must hold at least 6 credits and 20-hour/week graduate assistants must hold at least 9 credits per semester.

How to be considered for a GA

Doctoral and master's program applicants should indicate interest in being considered for a GA on their program applications. Master's degree applicants will attend GA interviews during the department's Admissions Workshop, and doctoral applicants will be contacted by a departmental representative to discuss GA opportunities.

Current doctoral and master's degree students who do not presently hold a GA and wish to be considered for one should message the Department of         
Counseling and Human Development GA mailbox    (counselingdept-assistantships@iup.edu) by February 1 and request placement on the GA interview list.
       
See IUP's official Assistantships and Scholarships web page for additional information.
Inquiries about Department of Counseling and Human Development graduate assistantships can be emailed to counselingdept-assistantships@iup.edu.

 

College of Education and Communications
  • Department of Counseling and Human Development
  • Stouffer Hall, Room 206B
    1175 Maple Street
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-2306
  • Pittsburgh East: 412-824-1149
  • Fax: 724-357-7821
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.