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A
limited number of $1000 scholarships are available to candidates
of the English Masters Program through the College of Liberal Arts. Most often, these scholarships are offered
to students from out of state, which allows them to qualify
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We have three half-time graduate assistantships, which traditionally have been reserved for first-year students. These positions (20 hours a week) come with benefits. Applications for these positions are submitted to the English Graduate Program coordinator and are provided in this handbook and online. They are due by March 15, preceding the beginning of course work.
Half-time
positions you can apply for (include benefits):
• English tutor in the Tutoring and Learning Center
• Assistant and grader in Western Literature courses
• Assistant to the Coordinator of the First Year Writing
Program [computer skills preferred]
• Professional writer, Department of Media and Computer
Services [computer skills preferred]
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Each year 6 - 8 new teaching assistantships with financial stipends and benefits are awarded to Masters students with 18 graduate hours completed in the discipline. T.A.s normally teach two sections of English Composition each semester. All first-year writing courses are taught in computer labs. Teaching assistants are expected to enroll in 6 seminar hours each semester of appointment (this is to help enrich our courses with your second-year and teaching experience, as well as help you with content and methodology as you teach). |
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First
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English
graduate students can also be employed as First-year Seminar
Leaders by the University
Core Curriculum Program. First-year seminars are linked
to large lecture courses in a variety of disciplines. Leaders
help students integrate the material in the "triad" or "tetrad"
of courses they are taking, as well as develop writing and
thinking skills in the transition to college-learning. Leaders
also assist in grading duties for the large classes.
Training
for first-year seminar leaders is required during the first
summer session prior to the Fall of employment.
For
more information contact Dr. Susan Wolff Murphy.: susan.murphy@tamucc.edu
or call 361-825-2640.
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Part-time
graders are employed for Western
Literature courses. Arrangements can be made directly with Western Literature professors or through the Coordinator, English Graduate Program.
For
more information contact Dr. Cristina Kirklighter at cristina.kirklighter@tamucc.edu or call 361-825-2263.
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The Tutoring and Learning Center in Bell Library employs graduate students as English tutors in the Writing Center.
For
more information contact Dr. Diana Cardenas at diana.cardenas@tamucc.edu or call 361-825-3026.
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