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Students who meet the timetable will be eligible although not guaranteed appointment as Graduate Student Instructors for four years. Most graduate students hold teaching assistantships for a substantial portion of their graduate careers. Normally, the first assistantship begins in the first semester of graduate study; graduate teaching appointments are usually available for eight semesters.
For Graduate Division rules and regulations regarding GSIs, see http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/appointments/pdf/apptknow.pdf.
See also departmental documents on grading, GSI workload , and Rhetoric 1A/1B (Reading & Composition) Guidelines. The application to teach in the Rhetoric Department as a GSI may be found here.
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| The Department recognizes that for the graduate student, the educational and financial benefits of teaching eventually are offset by its time demands. Students therefore are encouraged to actively seek out and apply for university and outside sources of financial aid, especially for the semesters immediately following the qualifying exam. Graduate Division has excellent resources in its Fellowship Office, 318 Sproul. Applications take time and advance planning; ask for help; request letters of recommendation well in advance of deadlines. |
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University Fellowships
University fellowships including dissertation year fellowships are awarded by Graduate Division during spring semester on the basis of nominations by the Department. As of June, 2001, any student who takes his or her qualifying exams by the third year in the program is guaranteed a two-semester stipend of $14,000 plus fees and nonresident tuition for international students.
See http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/fellowships/fellowships_deadlines.shtml for Berkeley and extramural fellowship deadlines.
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Departments
Departments award continuing student fellowships and non-resident tuition waivers out of an annual "block grant." Applications are available in the Department office. The deadline for applications is March 15. |
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FLAS
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) enable US citizens and permanent residents to acquire a high level of competence in one or more languages. There are academic year awards and summer awards. Students may pick up FLAS applications at the Fellowships and Appointments Office (318 Sproul) starting in October. FLAS applications must be submitted by January 5. |
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Wollenberg Grants
Wollenberg Grants are awarded by a Rhetoric Department committee twice a year. Application deadlines are October 15 and February 15. These modest awards (between $50 and $700) help students offset expenses for a wide range of activities from archival research to conference attendance and copyright permissions.
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Reduced Nonresident Tuition
Non resident students who advance to candidacy for the PhD have the annual nonresident tuition fee reduced by 75 percent for a maximum of 3 years. |
Filing Fee
University regulations require students to be registered to receive a degree. However, the Filing Fee may be substituted for the registration fee if the student has been continuously enrolled since admission, a status which includes no more than two semesters of approved withdrawal status. |
