Subject to satisfactory progress in the degree program, satisfactory performance of assistantship duties, and the availability of funding, the policy of the department has been to renew graduate teaching and research assistantships to provide a total of two years of support in the case of M.S. programs or four years of support in the case of Ph.D. programs. This policy is seldom rigorously enforced by the department but the Graduate Studies Committee usually requests an explanation of students taking more than three years for an M.S. or five years for a Ph.D. degree. Stipends for Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantships . All Ph.D. candidates are required to teach two quarters. It is the students' responsibility to contact Dr. Lynda Ciuffetti , TA mentor, about the availability of teaching availability and assignments.
GTA appointments are for nine months only.
Many students are employed by their advisers during the summer term, often on hourly wages from research grants. Be sure to ask your adviser about summer support. Students thus employed must turn in timecards for each July, August, and September to Lisa Endicott in Room 2066A on the 10th day of each month. Scholarships are sometimes available from University funds to supplement the stipends of selected incoming graduate students supported by teaching or research assistantships. These scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis for one year and are not renewable.