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Students admitted to the PhD program typically are awarded a half-time (20 hour) graduate assistantship. This assistantship entails serving as a research assistant, teaching assistant, or an instructor. A research assistant assignment requires students to collaborate with a faculty member on a research project.  Typically, faculty mentor junior PhD students through teaching assistant assignments. Students then are assigned to serve as an independent instructor, with full responsibility for teaching courses. Students thus have opportunities to develop their research and teaching skills and portfolios in preparation for the job market

 Year
First Semester Second Semester
 1 1/2 Research1/2 Research
 2 1/4 Teaching; 1/4 Research
1/4 Teaching; 1/4 Research
 3 1/2 Instructor
1/2 Instructor
 4 1/2 Instructor 1/4 Instructor; 1/4 Research