Application for Graduate Student Assistantship
(Teaching Associate or Forensics Assistant)
Name: CWID:
Date: Semester for which application is made:
Please return this form (and an accompanying letter of application) before March 1st for Fall
applications or October 1st for Spring applications to:
Dr. Summer Martin, Graduate Advisor
Department of Human Communication Studies, PO Box 6868
Fullerton, CA 92834-6868
_____ If this is a RENEWAL application, please check here. (Renewal applicants, please skip to the next
page. Renewal applications do NOT require a letter of application nor recommendations. Renewal
applicants, please return this form directly to Ms. Annette Bow in the main office.)
Applying for (please indicate which type of position):
____ Teaching Associate (TA) ____ Forensics Assistant (FA)
Please indicate which of the following statements applies to you, and follow the instructions below it:
____ I am a prospective graduate student (applying to be a TA or FA at the same time that I am
applying for admission to the M.A. program).
Instructions for prospective graduate students: Please have your references indicate (in
their general letters of recommendation for admission) their belief in your ability to
succeed in such a position (e.g., as a TA). You do not need additional letters (beyond
those required for your admission application). Please include this form (and a letter of
application for the TA or FA position) with your other department materials when
applying for admission.
____ I am a current graduate student in the Communication Studies M.A. program at CSUF.
Instructions for current graduate students in our program: Three recommendations are
required with this application. Please ask your references to submit their
recommendations via email to sumartin@fullerton.edu, or as a hard copy to the address
above, by the deadline. In addition, please include a current copy of your CSUF unofficial
transcript from your student portal (indicating your academic performance in our
graduate program) with this form (and the accompanying letter of application).
Address:
City: State: Zip Code:
Phone: Email address:
Undergraduate GPA: Graduate GPA (for those already in program):
Undergraduate major:
*** Please attach a letter to the graduate committee in which you address your interest in the
position for which you are applying. You should indicate your qualifications – for example, any
relevant experience, coursework, and personal characteristics – as well as your motivations for
applying for this position. You might also include additional information, such as how this experience
applies to your career goals. ***
