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THE
MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM IN SPANISH
THE PH.D. PROGRAM IN SPANISH GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES REFERENCE LINKS THE MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM IN SPANISHThe Masters Degree in Spanish is a two-year program designed to expose the beginning graduate student to all periods of Peninsular, Latin American, and U.S. Latino/Chicano literatures and cultures. The degree is awarded upon the successful completion of coursework and written and oral comprehensive exams. The program functions primarily as preparation for doctoral study insofar as it provides graduate students with the requisite knowledge of literature, linguistics, and critical theory that the Department considers fundamental to any subsequent graduate work, irrespective of field and/or emphasis. Moreover, performance in the Masters program will determine whether a graduate student is granted permission to proceed to the doctoral program after completion of the Masters Exam cycle (see Permission to Proceed below). Masters candidates must complete a minimum of 3 quarters of coursework in the Department. The maximum time to complete the Masters program is 2 years. MASTERS ADVISOR The Graduate Director will assign a professor to each new incoming student as Masters Advisor. In contrast with the Ph.D. Advisor, the Masters Advisor need have no relation to the student's field of interest. The main functions of the Masters Advisor are to provide orientation to the student, to sign and approve the quarterly academic plan of study, to advise the student of degree requirements and procedures, to guide the student in preparing for the Masters Exam, and to serve as a faculty mentor for the student. In this latter capacity, the advisor provides academic orientation and guidance to the student (study strategies, methods of research, etc.) during the first year; it is recommended that the Masters Advisor and the student meet 2-3 times a quarter during the first year. The student petitions the Graduate Director or, in special cases, the Chair for a change of faculty advisor. At the beginning of the academic year, all new Masters students should meet with their Masters Advisor during Welcome Week. REQUIRED COURSEWORK A minimum of 10 courses must be completed with a passing letter grade of B or better (a B- is not a passing grade; if the course is required, it must be retaken). Coursework completed with an S(=Satisfactory) or IP(=In Progress) does not fulfill required coursework but does count for workload credit for the Masters. Required coursework includes:
Workload Credit All graduate students (assistants and associates) must enroll for
a minimum of 12 units or three courses each quarter. At least 8 units
must be in regularly scheduled graduate courses. Any exception
must be approved by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies. It
is departmental policy that part-time graduate students must enroll
for 8 units. Students on a fellowship or grant are responsible
for meeting the specific requirements of their individual situation. Directed Reading Directed Readings (Span 291) are designed for students to prepare themselves for the M.A. exam by closely reading a number of texts under the close guidance of a faculty member. Only ONE Directed Reading can be taken at the M.A. level. A Directed Reading course is taken for S/U and it does NOT count towards the required 10 courses for the M.A. degree. An extra Directed Reading will be allowed in cases of Masters students who must retake the exam or part thereof. Directed Readings must be petitioned in writing and should include the following:
This document must be approved by the instructor, the student's M.A. Advisor, and the Graduate Director before the first week of classes. Please see the Graduate Coordinator for further details Individual Study The purpose of an Individual Study (Span 290) is to further explore a chosen field or topic under the close guidance of a faculty member. The end result should be a research paper. Only ONE Individual Study (Span 290) can be taken at the M.A. level. A Masters student may upgrade an upper-division undergraduate course to a graduate Individual Study course by attending regularly scheduled class sessions and completing a final research paper. This arrangement must be petitioned in writing and approved by the instructor, the student's M.A. Advisor, and the Graduate Director before the first week of classes (at the very latest). Note that this type of arrangement will not convert the undergraduate course into a graduate course (it does not count towards the required 10 courses for the M.A. degree). Please see the Graduate Coordinator for further details. Departmental Policy on IncompletesStudents who received an Incomplete have up to one quarter to complete and hand-in the required course assignment. The Instructor has the right to require an earlier due date on Incompletes. Should the Incomplete occur in the spring quarter, the student has until date of notification from the Graduate Dean’s Office in mid August to complete all required coursework. Students must file with the Graduate Program Coordinator a “Contract” appropriately completed and signed by both the student and professor. This contract should be honored no later than the ninth week of the quarter following the request for an Incomplete, so as to allow the professor enough time to evaluate the work and document the change of grade. Foreign Language Requirement All Masters students must demonstrate mastery of Portuguese. For this end students are required to take the three-sequence Fundamentals of Portuguese course for a standard letter grade. In special cases, mastery in another foreign language at a level comparable to 2C may be accepted upon approval of the Graduate Program Director. (Please note, however, that students must have mastery of Portuguese before taking the Graduate Seminar in Luso-Brazilian Literature required of all Ph.D. students.) Transfer Coursework A Masters student may transfer up to 1 approved course completed as a graduate student at another university and a maximum of 4 courses completed at another campus of the University of California. To appeal a course that has not been approved for transfer, a student should submit a petition to the departmental Graduate Studies Committee with supporting documentation (syllabus, written work, exams, letter from instructor). Note that coursework completed as an undergraduate cannot count towards a graduate degree. For example, if an advanced undergraduate takes Spanish 201 (History of the Language) and is subsequently admitted to the Masters program, the student has satisfied a required Linguistics course, but must substitute a literature course in order to complete the 10 course requirement for the Masters. Miscellaneous information about coursework Through their graduate representative, graduate students may design
and petition one graduate course offering each year. This petition
should be submitted to the departmental Graduate Studies Committee
by the first week of Winter Quarter in order to be implemented the
following year (contingent on departmental resources). Since the maximum time to obtain the Ph.D. degree is 7 years, and
the M.A degree is two years, the MA exam must be taken no later than
the sixth quarter of graduate study, or the end of the second year. The three faculty members of the Masters Committee are selected by the student and approved by the Graduate Director. They do not necessarily include the student's Masters Advisor. The members should represent the three parts of the exam (Spanish Medieval & Golden Age, Spanish 18th – 20th centuries, and Latin America). The Masters candidate is encouraged to select the Masters Committee as soon as possible, certainly by the end of Fall Quarter of the second year, and submit the committee membership and chair to the Graduate Director for approval. One of the three members of the committee may be an Emeritus professor, provided the student has taken one regularly scheduled graduate seminar with this professor. If the student is required to retake the exam, the composition of the Masters Committee may not be altered by the student. The Committee Chair reports in writing the outcome of the Masters Exams to the Graduate Director and the Chair. The Exam The Masters Exam is based on the Masters Reading List. The exam,
written in Spanish, is divided into three parts given on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. Each part of the written exam takes
two hours (taken in the following sequence) In addition to the written exam, students take an oral exam lasting one hour. The Masters Exam is scheduled to take place during the sixth and seventh weeks of the quarter. Once a student files with the Graduate Program Coordinator an official intent to take the exam, no postponement of the exam will be allowed, unless there is a valid excuse or some type of emergency. Between the written and the oral exams, the student may access a copy of the written exam in the departmental office of Graduate Studies to prepare for the oral exam. The oral exam allows the student to correct inaccuracies, strengthen any weaknesses, and expand in more depth on any part of the written exam. The Masters Committee has the discretion to query the student on other questions as well. After completion of the oral exam, the student will leave the room so the Committee may deliberate. The Committee Chair then informs the student of the outcome of the exam. The Masters Committee may opt not to give an oral exam if parts or all of the written exam are deemed unsalvageable. In this case, the time allotted for an oral exam will be devoted to a discussion of the written exam to help prepare the student for a retake. Masters students who must retake part or all of an exam may enroll in one Directed Reading course (Spanish 291) to prepare for the retake. If the student does not pass part or all of the written exam, s/he must retake the parts not passed during the sixth and seventh week of the following quarter. In this case, both the written and oral are mandatory. If a student fails the oral exam, s/he is permitted to re-take it
again within two to four weeks after taking the original exam. The
oral exam, just like any other part of the MA exam, can be repeated
only once. The Masters Exam also functions to determine whether students can proceed towards the Ph.D. After the student successfully passes the written and oral exams, the Masters Committee reviews the student's performance on the Masters Exams, and makes a recommendation regarding permission to proceed. Permission to proceed is granted by unanimous vote of the entire faculty; it is not determined by the Masters Committee. If denied permission to proceed, the student is awarded a terminal M.A. degree, and cannot reapply for admission to the doctoral program. The possible outcomes of the MA exam may be, then, summarized as follows: (1) Pass with approval to continue to the Ph.D. (2) Pass without approval to continue on to the Ph.D. (terminal MA) (3) No Pass (with the option of repeating the exam only once)
THE PH.D. PROGRAM IN SPANISHThe Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a Ph.D. degree in Spanish with a specialization in Spanish, Spanish-American, or U.S. Latino literatures. The program integrates period and genre studies with work in Critical Theory, Linguistics, Socio-historical Studies, and Cultural Studies. The Department seeks to professionalize its Ph.D. candidates not as narrow specialists but rather as scholars and critics acquainted with a range of fields that relate to and enhance their discipline. For this reason, Ph.D. students are encouraged to take up to four courses outside of the Department. Graduate emphases in the programs in Critical Theory and in Women’s Studies are available. Other emphases may be designed with the approval of the Guidance Committee. The Department has traditionally been committed to excellence in teaching, both in regard to faculty performance and in the preparation of its graduates. THE PH.D. ADVISOR Upon acceptance to the doctoral program and in consultation with the Graduate Director, the Ph.D. student is assigned a primary Advisor and an alternate Advisor (in case the primary advisor is temporarily absent). The Ph.D. Advisor will head the Ph.D. Guidance Committee and presumably direct the dissertation. The Ph.D. Advisor in conjunction with the Guidance Committee guides the student in preparing for the qualifying exams, informs the student of departmental and university requirements, signs and approves the Academic Planning Guide each quarter, and serves as faculty mentor for the student. In addition, the Ph.D. Advisor informs the Graduate Director about the qualifying exam (dates, committee membership, outcome). If necessary, the Ph.D. Advisor may convoke a meeting of professors with whom the student has studied to evaluate academic progress and performance. All students are required to meet bi-annually with their Advisors during the second week of instruction in the Fall and, once again, during the second week of Spring quarter. The purpose of these meetings is to advise students in their courses of graduate study and monitor their progress towards the timely completion of the Ph.D. degree. The student may petition the Chair or Graduate Director for a change of advisor or committee (except between the qualifying exam and any retake); any change must be approved by the Graduate Director. The Ph.D. Advisor chairs the Exam Committee and organizes and coordinates the qualifying exam. COURSEWORK The doctoral program comprises a minimum of 20 courses, that is, 10 courses beyond the 10 courses required for the M.A. degree. As part of the 10 courses required for the Ph.D., all students must take the following: 1. one graduate course in Linguistics 2. one graduate course in Luso-Brazilian literature The remaining elective courses will be selected by the student in consultation with the Ph.D. Advisor and the Ph.D. Guidance Committee. Departmental Policy on Directed Reading and Individual Study at the Ph.D. level Directed Reading Students preparing to take the Ph.D. qualifying examination may enroll in a maximum of two Directed Readings (Span 291). All requests for Directed Readings must be formally petitioned no later than the first week of classes. Formal petitions comprise of: 1. A detailed rationale for taking the course
Note that Directed Readings are taken on a S/U basis and do not count towards coursework. Individual Study Doctoral students are expected to enroll in regularly scheduled graduate seminars. However, whenever a topic is not available, either in whole or in part, in a graduate seminar offered in our department or in another department at UCI, students can enroll in a maximum of two Individual Studies (Span. 290). Individual Study courses are for the purpose of expanding an existing paper or project that will become a future publication. The following rules are to be strictly observed:
All requests for an Individual Study course must be formally petitioned no later than the first week of classes. Formal petitions comprise: 1. A detailed rationale for taking the Individual Study with appropriate
documentation of eligibility (i.e. completion of all required minimum
coursework for the Ph.D.) Any petition for an exception to the maximum number of 2 Individual Studies and 2 Directed Readings allowed per doctoral student will only be considered in special circumstances, which must be officially documented and properly endorsed in writing by the student’s Ph.D. advisor. Departmental Policy on Incompletes Students who received an Incomplete have up to one quarter to complete and hand-in the required course assignment. The Instructor has the right to require an earlier due date on Incompletes. Should the Incomplete occur in the spring quarter, the student has until date of notification from Graduate Dean’s office in mid August to complete all required coursework. Students must file with the Graduate Program Coordinator a “Contract” appropriately completed and signed by both the student and professor. This contract should be honored no later than the ninth week of the quarter following the request for an Incomplete, so as to allow the professor enough time to evaluate the work and document the change of grade. Transfer CoursesA student who transfers into the doctoral program from elsewhere must take 10 graduate courses at UCI, of which 7 must be in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. A student may petition to obtain credit for the required Linguistics or Luso- Brazilian Literature course, if such courses have been taken elsewhere (See also miscellaneous information about coursework under the Masters program above) Foreign Language Requirement In addition to Spanish and English, all doctoral candidates should have the necessary command of Portuguese to take Port. 243, Graduate Seminar in Luso-Brazilian Literature or equivalent. A student may take an upper-division undergraduate course taught in Portuguese for which a doctoral student may register under Port. 290 following the procedure outlined above (see Individual Study, p.9). An additional foreign language (equivalent to completion of 2C)
is also required; this requirement may be satisfied by exam. The
selection of the second foreign language must be approved by the
Guidance Committee and should be based on the specific research interests
and field of study of the candidate. Spanish 270 (Writing Workshop) is available to interested graduate students. This four-unit course must be taken S/U and may be repeated for credit; it does not count as coursework towards the required 10 courses for the M.A. degree or the required 10 courses for the Ph.D. Doctoral Teaching Requirements The Department recognizes its responsibility to train all Ph.D. candidates as teachers and requires that all doctoral students with no prior teaching experience complete a minimum of 3 quarters of language teaching (Spanish 399, University Teaching). Moreover, all doctoral students are encouraged to complete a teaching practicum course (Spanish 292) by co-teaching an upper-division course with a professor (maximum of 2, which must be taken prior to advancement). The purpose of this course is to gain professional training in teaching literature and culture. Prior to the quarter, the professor and student will meet to design the syllabus and objectives of the course; in addition to attending class sessions, the student will also teach a minimum of three, maximum of five, class hours under the supervision of the professor. It is recommended that the student prepare a class plan for discussion with the professor prior to teaching a class. The student may also hold office hours, conduct review sessions, give exams, and help in the grading of papers and exams. The doctoral student will enroll in Spanish 292 (Teaching Practicum) for a letter grade of S/U. PH.D. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION The Ph.D. student advances to candidacy by passing the Ph. D. Qualifying Examination by a unanimous vote. The exam is administered by the Ph.D. Exam Committee appointed by the Department on behalf of the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Council. The Ph.D. Exam Committee comprises five members. Of these five members, one must be regular-rank faculty from another department at UCI. This committee is chaired by the candidate's Ph.D. Advisor. Ph.D. exams must be completed within two quarters after finishing coursework. Failure to do so will result in termination of Teaching Assistantship. The student must submit the Ph.D. Exam Reading List (with the rationale
for the two topics explained on page 13) for approval of all members
of the Committee at least one quarter before the intended exam date. After
the Reading List has been approved, it is considered final. The
final version of the Reading List must be submitted to the graduate
coordinator; he/she will date the final version and place a copy
in student's file. There are several faculty Ph.D. committees which should be distinguished
to avoid confusion. Remember that the student has the right
to petition changes in advisor, director, and committee membership
so the configuration of any given committee may change considerably
over the course of time. The Ph.D. Guidance Committee is
the initial committee of three faculty members selected by the student
and approved by the Graduate Director. Students who have completed
the Masters program at UCI will participate in the selection of the
committee members. Those students entering the doctoral program
after attaining their Masters elsewhere, in consultation with the
Graduate Director will be assigned a temporary Guidance Committee
in accordance with the student's stated interests on the application
for admission. The Ph.D. Guidance Committee will evaluate the transcripts
of transfer students to determine how many courses will apply toward
coursework requirements for the Ph.D. For all beginning Ph.D. students,
the Guidance Committee convened by the Ph.D. Advisor will help the
student map out an appropriate course of studies that will prepare
the student for the qualifying exams and the writing of the doctoral
thesis. As the date of the qualifying exams approaches, the Ph.D.
Guidance Committee will form the core of the Ph.D. Exam Committee.
The Exam Committee comprises five faculty members, including a professor
from another department at UCI. The committee, chaired by the Ph.D.
Advisor, will read the student's written exams and participate in
the oral exam. The Exam Committee, by unanimous vote, will determine
if the student passes the qualifying exam. After successful completion
of the qualifying exams, the three core members of the Exam Committee
may comprise the Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, chaired
by and including the Ph.D. Dissertation Director.
The main functions of this committee are to participate in the dissertation proposal, read drafts of the dissertation distributed by the Dissertation Director or the student, propose changes or comments, and participate in the dissertation defense. Upon successful completion of the defense the committee will accept the finished dissertation by signing on the title page. The Ph.D. Qualifying Examination is an important part of a graduate education. It requires that students demonstrate an appropriate level of scholarly competence in their chosen fields, independently of knowledge acquired through coursework and of their specific interests for doctoral dissertations. It is designed to help students develop the following professional skills: (1) The ability to work independently, to gather information
and process it critically. Students’ competency in their fields of expertise must be proven at four basic levels in the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination: (1) Knowledge of texts, authors and literary movements. Any student unable to demonstrate adequate capacity in any of the four areas outlined above and/or unable to comment or discuss texts included on the Ph.D. Examination Reading List will be subject to failure in the exam, and be required to repeat it either in whole or in part. The Ph.D. Examination or any part thereof can only be repeated once. Please note that performance in coursework is independent of and
will be evaluated apart from performance in the Ph.D. Qualifying
Examination. Advancement to candidacy must occur at least one quarter before the final quarter of enrollment. The ExamThe Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination will consist of the following three major components:
Procedures: The Ph.D. Advisor chairs the Exam Committee and organizes and supervises the qualifying exams. The written exams must be taken within the same week (i.e., Sunday - Saturday, but not Tuesday - Tuesday, etc.) and the oral exam is scheduled within 2 weeks of the written exams. The Graduate Division stipulates that a student can only take the Qualifying Exam twice. “If the student does not pass the written examination, the student may not proceed with the second part of the exam, i.e., the oral portion. Once the student has taken the written exams, the membership of the Exam Committee cannot be altered. The student must retake any part(s) of the exam within 2 quarters of the first exam. The student will be provided with a copy of the exam to prepare for the oral; this copy is for the private use of the student and must not be circulated for commentary. The Dissertation DirectorAfter the successful completion of the qualifying exam, the Ph.D. Advisor usually serves as the Dissertation Director. The Dissertation Director, in consultation with the Dissertation Committee, helps the student choose a topic, prepare a dissertation proposal for committee feedback and approval, coordinates and chairs the dissertation defense, and oversees the preparation and completion of the doctoral dissertation. The director acts as liaison between the student and other faculty member of the committee and also informs the Department of the plans and progress of the student. All correspondence is kept in the student's file Ph.D. Dissertation A dissertation topic will be chosen by the candidate in consultation with her/his Dissertation Director and Dissertation Committee and will normally fall within the major field covered by the qualifying exams. Three faculty members are chosen by the student and appointed by the Department Chair, on behalf of the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Council, to constitute the Dissertation Committee that supervises the preparation and completion of the doctoral dissertation. The Dissertation Committee assumes the academic direction of the thesis, and the Dissertation Director wields the administrative responsibility for supervising the thesis and for informing the Department of the plans and progress of the student. Procedure: In an initial meeting between the committee and the student, the candidate presents a formal dissertation proposal to the committee, who will evaluate and approve it. The student will then submit drafts of chapters or sections of the thesis to the Dissertation Director who will evaluate and correct the drafts. When the Dissertation Director approves the draft, (s)he will circulate the draft to the other members of the Dissertation Committee who will submit their commentary and suggestions to the student with a copy to the Dissertation Director. While writing the dissertation, the student enrolls in Spanish 299. Dissertation Length: The dissertation must be at least 170 pages, not including bibliography. Dissertation Defense: In order to be able to meet the deadlines for graduation, the dissertation defense should take place prior to the quarter deadlines established by Office of Graduate Studies (see webpage for guidelines and deadlines at - http://www.rgs.uci.edu/grad/students/thesis.htm) during the residency of the candidate. The defense would be the presentation of the final document. The committee certifies the acceptance of a completed final dissertation with the signatures of the individual members on the title page. The finished dissertation is then forwarded to the Graduate Division.
GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVESThe objective of the graduate student representatives position is to provide an opportunity for students to voice their ideas, opinion, concerns, and problems to faculty members. Students have a chance to vote on who will be their representatives during any particular year. Students who have a problem of any kind will be directed to the students’ representatives so that it can be heard in the faculty meetings. Representatives will be responsible for reporting any relevant information from the faculty meetings to the students. Students must be in good academic standing in order to serve as a representative. There are three types of representatives: 1. Ph.D. Representative: Any Ph.D. students can run for this position. 2. Masters Representative: Students who want to run for this position must not have taken their M.A. Exam. 3. T.A. Representative: Candidate for this position must hold a TA appointment.
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS(All fellowships are based on funding availability) DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS Diversity Fellowship is designed for domestic graduate students from cultural, linguistic, geographic and socio-economic backgrounds who would otherwise not adequately be represented in graduate education. This fellowship is also based on student’s merit and his/her contribution to the diversity of their discipline/graduate program. For entering students: CHANCELLOR'S FELLOWSHIPThis award is designed to aggressively recruit distinguished Ph.D. and M.F.A. students who are entering the first year of graduate study. Superior qualifications and academic record required. The Chancellor’s Fellowship for Ph.D. students includes a stipend of $16,000, all regular student fees, and the payment of nonresident tuition, if applicable, for the first year of study. Students may also receive a subsequent three-year eligibility for TA support from the Department (appointment dependent on availability of funds and the needs of the Department’s instructional program). In addition, the student is offered priority housing in one of the on-campus housing facilities EUGENE COTA-ROBLES FELLOWSHIPThis is a two-year award for outstanding entering Ph.D. students. Students who receive this award should be released from employment obligations during the fellowship years. The Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship for Ph.D. students includes $18,000 in stipend over a period of nine months, a summer stipend of $3600, and student fees. The second award year is offered in the third or fourth year and includes $18,000 in stipend over a period of nine months, a summer stipend of $3600, and student fees.. GRADUATE OPPORTUNITY FELLOWSHIPThe Graduate Opportunity Fellowship for entering Ph.D. students includes $18,000 in stipend over a period of nine months, a summer stipend of $3600, and student fees. For continuing students: FACULTY MENTOR PROGRAM The award is for third- or fourth-year Ph.D. students who have not advanced to candidacy. The distinct purpose is to assist recipients in acquiring and developing advanced research skills under faculty mentorship. At the end of the year, it is expected that the student mentee will have developed a substantial research paper worthy of publication in a scholarly journal. This award includes a $14,700 in stipend paid over a period of 9 months) plus student fees and are eligible for up to $500 for conference presentation travel expenses. PRESIDENT'S DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIPThe Dissertation Year Fellowship is intended for students who are in their final year of graduate school and who are planning to start teaching and research appointments soon after the end of their dissertation fellowship year. The fellowship is open to all doctoral candidates who are advanced to candidacy at the time of nomination, and are within one year of completing the dissertation. The award includes $18,000 in stipend (tenure: 9 months), registration fees, and $500 research/travel allowance to support visits to other universities for presentation of dissertation research. Dissertation fellows are required to present a seminar on their dissertation research twice during the program year: once at an appropriate department/group function at UCI and once at a UC, CSU, or independent California university. President’s Dissertation Fellows and their faculty mentors are required to participate in the Fall Conference hosted by UCOP at UC Berkeley. REGENTS FELLOWSHIPThe Regent's Fellowship is restricted to outstanding Ph.D. students who are entering their first year of graduate study, and to first year M.F.A. students who have demonstrated both scholastic and artistic excellence. The Regent's Fellowship is a one-year award which may include a stipend, all regular student fees, payment of non-resident tuition if the student is not a resident of California, and in some cases a Summer Stipend. As part of the award, the academic unit often provides a subsequent three-year commitment of TA or GSR support. Regent's Fellowships do not include priority access to on-campus housing. RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS $500 is available to students invited to present a paper at a conference (pending available funding). Acceptance letter and department approval are required. Awards are up to $500 per trip (maximum of 2 trips per academic career). SUMMER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPSummer Dissertation Fellowship will be awarded to students who have been Advanced to Candidacy and who have not received a Summer Dissertation Fellowship before. The stipend will be somewhere between $1,000 and $2,500, depending on the number and impressiveness of the nominees. The call for nominations can be in Winter or Spring.
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPSThe Department offers teaching Assistantships to qualified candidates for the, MA/PhD, and Ph.D. degrees. This award covers health insurance and partial student fees plus a stipend of approximately $5,545.66 per quarter. Teaching Assistantship does not cover non-resident tuition. Renewable with good standing, satisfactory academic progress, and according to the number of quarters of support already received from the Department. Teaching appointments are for one quarter, two quarters, or an academic year, and are self-terminating. Prior to advancement to candidacy for the Ph.D., the total length of service rendered by a graduate student may not exceed four years (12 academic quarters). After advancement to candidacy for the Ph.D., a graduate student may be appointed for an additional 6 quarters. A 19th quarter will not be approved. All applicants whose primary language is not English are required to demonstrate proficiency in English for admission consideration. However, this requirement will be waived automatically for applicants who have received an advanced degree from an accredited U.S. college or university. Proficiency in English may be demonstrated by passing one of two standardized, internationally administered tests: TOEFL (the Test of English as a Foreign Language); or IELTS (International English Language Testing System). The applicant should take one of these tests at the earliest available date to ensure that the scores are reported in time to meet application deadlines.
OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES REFERENCE LINKSGraduate Advisor's Handbook (attached as pdf file)
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