Applications are available in the Graduate Coordinator's Office. Applications should be sent to the Graduate Coordinator's Office. Each semester the department of Psychology hires about 10-13 graduate assistants to perform various activities. The assignments are usually 10 hours per week for 17 weeks in the Fall and 17 weeks in the Spring. Most GA assignments fall into two major categories.
Some assignments are to assist in the introductory research methods course.
This involves preparing materials, grading papers and assisting students. Other GA assignments support introductory and intermediate statistics courses. These assignments generally involve grading papers, assisting students and helping students with various statistical software packages. Both research methods and statistics GA positions also involve providing support for the department computer lab. There are some 10 hour per week positions available.