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Fellowships and Assistantships
All
applicants are considered for Graduate School Fellowships and for
departmental support including a stipend, tuition remission, and
health insurance.
The
University offers several fellowships/assistantships for which
our applicants are highly competitive. In order to be considered
for these awards, we need to have your application by early January.
Students who apply later may still be considered for departmental
research and teaching assistantships. Students receiving
support from the department are assigned to faculty to help with
their research and teaching. Teaching assignments for most
first year students involve grading and holding office hours.
A few students with previous graduate training may be teaching
assistants for a large lecture class.
In the second year, most students are teaching assistants for the large principles classes or for one of the first-year graduate classes. Beginning in the third year, many students teach independent sections. Faculty with grants and contracts also hire graduate students as research assistants.
We
endeavour to provide support through the fifth year to students
who remain in good academic standing and who have been diligent in
their previous assignments. (In years with high
undergraduate enrollments, we have been able to provide support
for more advanced students.) Graduate students who do not
receive financial support in the first year may apply for
assistantships in future years. Please note that funding for
students who are unable to teach is very limited.
In order to remain in good academic standing students are expected to complete the required core classes (or equivalent) in each semester of the first year, to complete three PhD level courses in each semester of the second year, and to complete any remaining required courses in the third year. All course schedules must be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS). In addition, students are expected to pass both qualifying exams by the end of the second semester of the second year and the major field exam/paper by the end of the the second semester of the third year. After that, students must make good progress on the dissertation each semester. Students who receive three L grades or one F grade are academically ineligible to continue in the Graduate School as are students who fail any of the doctoral written or oral exams (doctoral written exam, doctoral oral exam, oral defense of the thesis) twice. Students who are off-schedule for any reason should meet with the DGS to discuss what is expected.
Students
enroll in the department's Teacher Training Program when they
begin teaching. The first module of the program is for students
who are teaching assistants under the direction of a faculty instructor.
The second module is for graduate students who will be teaching
an independent section of one of our undergraduate classes.
Revised 6/01/02