Generally the Department attempts to make available one or more sources of financial aid to all students who enter the program, carry a full load, and progress satisfactorily toward the M.A. Listed below are the various sources from which, separately or in combination, graduate students may receive financial assistance.
The Department attempts to award tuition scholarships to full-time graduate students whose progress toward graduation is considered adequate. The amount of the scholarship varies from year to year according to the funds the Department receives from the College and the Graduate School, the number of students in the M.A. program, and student merit, including course load, GPA, and proximity to graduation.
A small number of research assistantships may be available during a given academic year. Students should inquire with the Graduate Advisor or with individual professors to determine if a faculty member needs a research assistant, and if the student’s proficiency matches the professor’s research interests and requirements.
Most graduate students will receive support each year in the form of Teaching Assistantships in German classes, and it is expected that all will do some teaching during their tenure as graduate students. Since German 370 (Teaching Methods) is required of all students who work as T.A.’s, and since it is taught only in the winter semester, entering graduate students may be given a Teaching Assistantship for their first semester in the M.A. program, but they should plan to take this course in the second (winter) semester of their first year.