Graduate Assistantships

     Graduate teaching assistantships are available in the PHS Department. These assistantships provide a tuition waiver and a stipend of approximately $9852.00 for each academic year. Graduate students who are awarded a PHS assistantship will be assigned teaching responsibilities in the PHS Department. Specifically, some graduate assistants will be assigned to teach basic sport or physical activity classes (e.g., tennis, ice skating, racquetball, weight training, individual exercise, dance). Other graduate assistants will be assigned to teach basic laboratory classes in our undergraduate professional program (e.g., lab classes in nutrition, health, motor learning, or exercise physiology). In addition, other graduate assistants may be assigned to lead discussion group sessions in our undergraduate professional program (e.g., lead/teach small discussion groups for such classes as personal health, leisure studies, sport sociology, nutrition, sport psychology). Finally, some graduate assistants may be selected to work as research assistants, journal editorial assistants, or as assistants in the Undergraduate and Graduate Coordinator's offices. In summary, graduate students who are awarded graduate assistantships in the PHS Department would have the opportunity to work in a variety of teaching, research, and service settings (e.g., in health, exercise, fitness, or sport settings).

     It is important for applicants to note that the PHS graduate teaching assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis. That is, PHS has a limited number of assistantships (typically between 15 and 25) to award to in-coming graduate students each year.

     Assistantships may be available in other units on Miami's campus. Specifically, the Office of Residence Life, the Office of Learning Assistance, and the Graduate School typically also award assistantships to qualified students each year. Other sources of support for graduate students include grants-in-aid (waiver of tuition) from the Graduate School, work study funds, federal and state loans, and scholarships through the Development and Alumni Affairs offices of Miami University. Financial aid is not guaranteed. The competition for financial aid is stiff regardless of the agency from which you seek it. In PHS, about 75% of our students find some form of financial aid each year.