A full-time student load per semester is nine credit hours. Students receiving financial support from the University must be enrolled in a minimum of nine semester hours in a graduate degree program. Students must have been admitted to the University unconditionally and have maintained a B (3.0) average. Service hours may not exceed 20 hours per week in total. Full-time graduate students may not be employed for more than 20 hours per week inclusive of assistantship hours. Normally a student who has a fellowship or service appointment will not work outside the University. Only under extraordinary circumstances, with the recommendation of the department and approval of the Vice Provost of Graduate Education, a student who has a fellowship or service appointment may be granted special permission to work outside the University.
To receive either a full or partial tuition waiver the student must also have been granted an assistantship.
Full-time assistantships in Geography are classified as GA (graduate assistant) or TA (teaching assistantship). MA candidates are automatically classified as GA; doctoral students are classified as TA. Normally, a 20-hours assistantship will consist of one of the following:
Please note that assignments are made based on a balance of Departmental needs, student skills, and schedules. Students holding assistantships are evaluated yearly. MA students making adequate progress towards their degree and meeting their work requirements consistently and with positive evaluations can expect to receive a total of two years of funding. Doctoral students in similar circumstances can expect to receive a total of four years of funding. Specific details regarding criteria for receiving continued funding are described in the checklist in the Appendix X
Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability
UNC Greensboro
Physical Address:
237 Graham Building
1009 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27412
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402
Phone: 336.334.5388
Fax: 336.334.5864
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