D students are usually considered advanced after having passed all Comprehensive Examinations. Duties normally consist of teaching a 4 credit hour introductory mathematics or statistics course. Obtaining a TA is contingent upon having passed a TA-workshop which is administered by the School of Graduate Studies. Having passed this test prior to coming to USU, gives international students a definitive advantage.
Duties consist of paper grading and tutoring.
Members of our faculty are actively engaged in research and some of them welcome assistance from graduate students in their work. D students can sometimes be appointed as RA's while they work on their dissertations. These awards vary in size. Duties normally consist of supervised research work under the direction of a faculty member. These awards are given to a few beginning students who have extraordinary potiential in their program of study.