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Graduate
Assistantships
Graduate
assistantships are offered on the basis of test scores,
prior academic achievement and predicted probability of
success in the Ph.D. program. Assistantships will be renewed
through the fourth year of graduate study for all assistants
who are adequately performing their assigned duties and
who are making substantial progress toward their degree.
There is no promise of funding beyond this point, so students
taking more than four years to finish their degree should
plan for an alternate source of funding for their fifth
and subsequent years of study.
The
Department Chair in consultation with the Graduate Coordinator
assigns teaching duties to advanced doctoral students. Budget
constraints and other departmental considerations determine
the number of such positions. In general, these positions
are assigned only to students who have passed all of their
qualifying examinations who are judged to have adequate
verbal skills. Priority is given to students with superior
verbal skills and academic records. It is a goal of the
Department to give doctoral students who are interested
in academic careers some classroom teaching experience as
part of their education. Accordingly, each graduate student
teaching a course will be assigned a faculty "Mentor"
to help him/her in becoming a good teacher.
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