The department offers teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and tuition waivers. Both assistantships require duties involving approximately 20 hours of work per week and tuition is waived. A tuition waiver requires no duties.
Teaching assistants work under the supervision of a faculty member and assist with instruction.
Research assistants work on extramurally funded research projects under the supervision of a faculty member. The department offers a limited number of assistantships each semester, and most are teaching assistantships. Teaching assistantships are awarded to those applicants who can best support the instructional program. Research assistantships are awarded to those applicants who can best assist faculty with their research projects. Graduate students who do not obtain teaching or research assistants may be eligible for partial financial aid in the form of a tuition waiver.