Teaching assistants are responsible for room and board expenses. Teaching assistants carry a course load of nine credit hours of study and must be enrolled in a degree program. A limited number of graduate assistantships are available in most of the departments and schools offering major programs of graduate study. Graduate assistants are assigned to an academic department or school to assist faculty members in preparing for instruction, grading papers, conducting research, preparing laboratories, performing departmental or school administrative tasks, etc. Application forms may be obtained from the Graduate School office.
Graduate assistants are responsible for room and board expenses.
Graduate assistants undertake various departmental or school assignments requiring 15 to 20 hours a week, carry a course load of nine credit hours of study and must be enrolled in a degree program. Graduate Assistants in Nonacademic Areas Assistants are employed in a nonacademic department or administrative office and their duties will vary according to the needs of their assigned departments. Specific duties will vary, but in general an assistant will aid in the administrative duties of a supervisor 15 to 20 hours per week. An assistant will carry a course load of nine credit hours of study and must be enrolled in a degree program. The Division of Student Affairs offers appointments to the staff for those graduate students who are interested in working in a student personnel position.