1.
For students seeking the M.A. degree, graduate teaching/research
assistantships will normally be terminated at the end of four
semesters. In order to be eligible for continued financial support
at the Ph.D. level, M.A. students have to be approved for the
Ph.D. program before the end of the last semester of their M.A.
studies.
2.
Ph.D. students who begin their studies with only a B.A. degree
(or equivalent) will normally be eligible for ten semesters
of support; Ph.D. students who begin their studies with an M.A.
degree (or equivalent) will normally be eligible for six semesters
of support. The second year of Ph.D. level support will be contingent
upon selection of an approved area of specialization and a faculty
mentor. A third year of support will be contingent upon the
filing of a dissertation proposal and subsequent admission to
candidacy.
3.
Normally, Graduate Teaching Assistantships in German are defined
as a 50% appointment with a teaching load of 12-15 hours per
school year. The time spent in classroom teaching, preparation,
grading, consultation with students, etc. (calculated to be
a total of 20 hours per week) is to include one hour per week
desk-duty in the Engel German Library.
4.
Graduate Research Assistants serve as librarians for the Engel
German Library and the Max Kade Center for each academic year
and the following summer session and are appointed at a 50%
rate for 11 months.
5.
Graduate teaching/research assistants are subject to periodic
review by the Committee on Graduate Students. In individual
cases graduate teaching/research assistantships may, upon its
recommendation, be interrupted or terminated. The final decision
is reached by the faculty members of the Voting Staff.
6.
Criteria for the renewal of Graduate Teaching/Research Assistantships
include previous Departmental or University financial support;
academic progress as measured in terms of Grade Point Averages;
teaching skill as ascertained by Departmental mechanisms for
evaluating such skill; and a meeting in which the recommendations
of the graduate faculty members of the Department are solicited.
7.
A year of study abroad on a direct exchange or other scholarship
will not be counted as Departmental support and will not reduce
the total number of semesters for which a student is eligible
for such support. M.A. students who plan to include in their
M.A. work one year of studies abroad should, however, target
the second year of their studies for a Fulbright, Direct Exchange,
or DAAD grant.
8.
Superior students are also eligible for Graduate School Honors
Fellowships (for three years), Summer Fellowships, and Dissertation
Fellowships.
9.
For the summer, opportunities for financial support through
the Department include research fellowships, dissertation fellowships,
teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and appointments
as librarians of Engel German Library and the Max Kade Center.
10.
Students completing their dissertations are eligible to apply
for a Max Kade Dissertation Fellowship.
11.
Travel support. The Graduate School Office maintains a small
fund to underwrite the travel expenses of Ph.D. candidates who
attend conferences to present research papers or who need to
visit libraries or other off-campus locations in connection
with their dissertation research. Application information for
the Graduate Student Paper Presenter Fund and the Graduate Student
Dissertation Research Travel Fund is available in the Graduate
School Office, 222 Strong Hall. For a more detailed description
of the application process and the deadlines, the student may
consult the section on "Graduate Student Travel Funds"
in the Graduate School Catalog.
