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Assistantships Overview and Application Instructions

Types of Assistantships

Graduate Assistant: With this type of assistantship you will tutor students in the ASU Writing Center 17.5 hours per week during academic semesters.

You can begin this assistantship in your first semester as a graduate student, so you can apply for it when you initially seek admittance to the program.

Teaching Assistant: With this type of assistantship you will teach two sections of ENG 1301: English Composition per semester.

You can only begin this assistantship after completing your first 18 hours as a graduate student, so wait to apply for it until spring semester of your first year as a graduate student in the program.

Assistantship Qualifications

Graduate Assistant

Teaching Assistant

Application Instructions

Address Application Materials to:
Dr. Laurence Musgrove
Chair, Department of English and Modern Languages
ASU Station #10894
San Angelo, TX 76909-0894

Deadlines

Application materials should be received in the English and Modern Languages Department Office by the first Friday in April prior to the fall semester you plan to begin your assistantship.

Note:If you plan to apply for a paid assistantship, you’ll want to simultaneously apply for both admittance to the program and the assistantship by the first Friday in April prior to the Fall semester you plan to begin the program. 

Renewals

Renewals are subject to approval each year. Application for renewal of a graduate assistantship will be made by sending a letter of intent to the chair of the English and Modern Languages Department by the first Friday in April.

Program Description

Learn more about the M.A. curriculum by visiting our Program Overview page

Course Descriptions

Get more detailed information about the English Graduate Courses you will take.

Apply to our Program

Learn more about how to apply to the English and Modern Language Department’s graduate program by visiting our Program Admittance page.

Contact Us

For more information about the English and Modern Language Department’s graduate program, contact:

Dr. Mary Ellen Hartje, Graduate Advisor
Office: A 039A
Phone: 325-486-6148
Email: me.hartje@angelo.edu