Note that these courses should fulfill distributive requirements. An informational meeting for all new students will be held, usually in January. The deadline for all materials is typically February 15th. If you are not awarded an associate instructorship, pursue other forms of support. Fulfill one language requirement.
Many students choose to complete the language requirement over the summer.
If you are teaching this year, you have to attend the pro-seminar conducted in the two weeks before classes begin. You will probably have one course to teach your first semester and two courses in the second. Be sure that you have fulfilled the distributive requirements. Note that M.A. candidates may elect to write a thesis worth four hours of credit. By buying dissertation hours now, you will save yourself some money later, should your funding run out before you complete the dissertation.