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Program
Resources 
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Graduate/Teaching
Assistantships
Limited
graduate/teaching assistantships are available
in the Department. To be considered for a
graduate/teaching assistantship, complete
the Graduate Assistantship application along
with a letter of recommendation and a student
copy of your transcript and return it to the
Director of Graduate Studies.
Students
with Graduate/Teaching Assistantships
receive remission of tuition and a stipend
per academic year. Students receiving awards
must be in fulltime residence (taking a minimum
of 9 credit hours per semester, unless s/he
is writing the thesis or dissertation).
During
the period of the award the student must not
hold any employment outside of the department.
Assistants are expected to devote a minimum
of fifteen (15) hours per week (during the
hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday) to their duties in instructional,
research, or administrative duties, under
the supervision of a faculty member in the
department. Graduate Assistants who are Teaching
Assistants, i.e., who teach a course in the
department, must hold the M.A. degree, must
have worked with a faculty member assisting
in instructional duties, and must have completed
the Workshop for Teaching Assistants offered
by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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