Graduate Assistantships

Click here to complete the Graduate Assistantship Application. If you have not yet begun your application for program admission, please do so through the Baylor Graduate School.

Graduate Teaching Assistants

The Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation (HHPR) at Baylor University awards competitive graduate assistantships to highly qualified individuals interested in becoming a contributing part of our unique graduate program. We offer teaching assistantships to both sport pedagogy and exercise physiology applicants. Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) usually teach various lifetime fitness classes to undergraduate students in HHPR. Graduate assistantships are generally awarded for a period of 1 or 2 years, subject to favorable review after the first year of service to HHPR and Baylor University.

GTAs will receive a 75% tuition waiver within the general bounds of hours required for one’s degree program (all semesters). The GTAs will also receive a stipend during the Fall and Spring semesters in which they teach (no teaching obligations during the Summer terms). The GTAs will no longer teach and receive stipend in their last semester if doing an internship, unless they are available to teach during the day and sections are available. Baylor does NOT provide health insurance coverage.

Application

If you initiate an application for a graduate assistantship in HHPR, it is imperative that you file for admission to The Graduate School concurrently. Both the Baylor University Graduate School Application and the HHPR Graduate Assistant Application with supporting materials must be submitted and received before the applicant is considered for admission and thereby a graduate assistantship.

To be eligible for a Graduate Assistantship in HHPR, you must become a graduate student in the HHPR Department at Baylor University.