The Department of Exercise and Sport Science has three (3) main areas in which
graduate teaching assistants play a part.
First, the Department of Exercise and Sport Science teaches in Eastern Kentucky
University's General Education Program. The department teaches PHE 180 Lifetime
Fitness and Wellness which fulfills the three credit requirement in the Wellness
Option (Block VI). Graduate assistants are needed for the activity portion of the
course (fitness testing and teaching proper exercise techniques).
Second, the Exercise and Lifetime Activity Courses (HPR 190/390) offer a variety
of lifetime leisure skills courses that are available as electives for students.
Graduate assistants are needed to teach in the areas of: tennis, golf, weight training, cardio and tone, step aerobics, jogging, swimming, martial arts, fencing, yoga,
pilates, and others.
Third, one graduate assistant is needed in the area of aquatics. The graduate assistant will help with aquatic courses in the Exercise and Sport Science curriculum {Beginning and Intermediate Swimming - PHE 241/242}, and courses in the Lifetime Activity Series - Water Aerobics, Swimming (HPR 190/390). To fulfill this role, the graduate assistant must have current lifeguarding certification.
| Responsibilities |
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| Teaching Aquatics courses (PHE 241/242) or HPR (190/390) |
| Teaching the activity portion of Lifetime Fitness and Wellness courses (PHE 180) |
| Teaching Exercise, Movement and Sport Skills courses (HPR 190/390) |
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Benefits |
| Graduate Assistants in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science will receive: |
$10,000 stipend (for the academic year)
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Out-of-state tuition remission
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Out-of-state tuition remission(summer courses)
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| Students are responsible for the in-state tuition |
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| How To Apply for a Graduate Assistantship |
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| 1. Graduate Students must apply to the Graduate School. |
| 2. Send all undergraduate transcripts to the EKU Graduate School. |
| 3. Take the Graduate Records Exam (available at Sylvan Learning Centers) or the Miller's Analogy Test (available at EKU) |
| 4. Fourth, contact the graduate coordinator: jack.rutherford@eku.edu, or call 859-622-8149 for an application. |
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| *The Graduate School needs your transcripts and your test scores to be admitted. |
| **Graduate Assistantships are awarded when the student has been fully admitted to the Graduate School. So, apply to the graduate school, send transcripts and take the test (GRE or Miller's). Don't Delay. |
Links:
Miller's Analogies Test (MAT) Information (take MAT at EKU): Miller Analogies Test
Graduate Record Exam Information: Graduate Record Exam
Sylvan Learning Center in Lexington (take GRE there) or : Sylvan Learning Center Richmond
