Current Graduate Student Information
This page provides information for current and newly admitted M.A. and Ph.D students. Below you will find links to the Online Graduate Advising site, electronic TA/RA application, and information about Human Subjects Research.
M.A. Handbook
The M.A. Handbook (Acrobat PDF format) provides the necessary information to help you understand the requirements and options of the program.
Online Degree Check Site
The Online Degree Planner site is available to all currently registered students. It is a convenient work space for keeping up with your courses, how they count towards your degree and for planning the next semester's courses. The "Planner" feature of the site interfaces with the online course schedule. This is helpful in avoiding time conflicts. Using this system alone however will not remove your advising bar. Only the Online Advising system will lead to removal of your advising bar.
Online Advising Site
The Online Advising site is available to all currently enrolled/admitted students with a UTEID. It serves as a tool to aid in the advising process and to provide you the opportunity to remove your advising bar via the web. You may use this system to make an advising appointment with the Graduate Adviser during specific advising times.
Teaching/Graduate Assistantships
If you have interest in a Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant position, please fill out a TA/RA electronic application. Deadline for the Fall semester is April 15, the Spring semester is November 15, and the Summer semester is April 1st.
AdGrad
AdGrad is a professional networking site connecting alumni, students, faculty, and staff of the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Advertising. Join now!!
Human Subjects Requirements
If you are planning to conduct research for your Professional Report, Thesis, or Dissertation that involves the use of Human Subjects, you are required to follow procedures outlined by the Office of Research Support and Compliance. Before you conduct your research, you must have a compliance number for your research assigned by the above office.
Policy on Scholastic Dishonesty
The University defines academic dishonesty as cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, falsifying academic records, and any act designed to avoid participating honestly in the learning process. Scholastic dishonesty also includes, but is not limited to, providing false or misleading information to receive a postponement or an extension on a test, quiz, or other assignment, and submission of essentially the same written assignment for two courses without the prior permission of the instructor. Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the University.
Tips for Students by Professor Jef Richards
Faculty members frequently receive questions from students, regarding what kinds of jobs they can get with a degree in this major, how to best prepare for a job, and regarding a variety of other topics that concern them. Because I hear some of the same questions repeatedly, I have attempted to put some of my thoughts in writing. The following are documents containing my advice on some of those issues:
1. What Jobs Can I Get With an Advertising Degree? If you are thinking about getting a degree in advertising, or if you are already studying advertising and don't really know what your job options may be, this is the document for you to read.
2. Getting a Job in Advertising: What Employers Want. Read this early in your advertising program here, because it tells you what steps to take to make yourself more marketable upon graduation. If you wait until your last semester, it will be too late.
3. Jef's Jiffy Job-Hunting Tips. A long, long, list of Do's and Don'ts to help you prepare for your job hunt. However, it is wise not to postpone reading this until you are about to graduate, because it provides some insights that can help you make the right steps a year or two before you graduate.
4. How to Copyright Your Creative Work. If you are a copywriter or art director, this is a must. Don't leave home (UT) without it!
5. My Dissertation, Thesis and Professional Report Guidelines. This is designed to help graduate students for whom I am a supervisor or reader. It details my own personal expectations regarding writing style, etc., in a written work by a graduate student.
6. Ph.D. Interview Preparation Guide for Positions in Academia. Doctoral students preparing to interview for teaching positions need to read this, so they can prepare for the ordeal we call the "interview process."
