Applicants may contact the department periodically to check on the status of their application. Teaching assistantships are awarded competitively to a limited number of graduate students. Modest increases are expected for 1999-2000. Graduate students who have held teaching assistantships for two consecutive semesters are eligible for a full tuition grant for the summer session. All teaching assistants participate in a TA training program which prepares graduate students for teaching.
Graduates are eligible to work on various faculty research projects.
It is often difficult to predict the availability of research assistantships in any given year. Research Assistantships are also awarded competively and include a stipend and full tuition grant. Other awards include tuition assistance grants, University Fellowships, Earth System Science fellowships, loans, and work-study positions. For additional information about assistantships, fellowships, and awards visit the Graduate School's home page . This may be an independent research paper or a paper written for a course which has been modified.