Registration Requirements For Graduate Assistantships
Graduate Students employed in a Graduate Assistant Teaching, Graduate Assistant Research or Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching title must be registered full-time which is equivalent to a minimum of 9 semester credit hours in fall and 9 semester credit hours in spring terms.
Graduate Students employed in a Graduate Assistant Lecturer title must be registered a minimum of 1 semester credit hour in fall and 1 semester credit hour in spring terms.
Summer registration fulfillment may be achieved in any of the sessions as noted below.
| Registration Fulfillment Options |
| Summer Session I |
| Summer Session II |
| 10-Week Only |
| Summer Session I and II |
| 10-Week, Summer Session I, and Summer Session II |
| Summer Session I and 10-Week |
| Summer Session II and 10-Week |
The table below defines the minimum number of registered hours required, as determined by the summer enrollment session and the associated GA position title.
| Graduate Assistant Title |
Summer Employment
Session |
Minimum Registered
Hours Required |
|
Graduate Assistant Lecturer [GAL]
|
Employed ANY portion of the summer semester
|
1
|
|
Graduate Assistant Teaching [GAT]
|
Employed ONLY Summer Session I or II
|
3
|
|
Graduate Assistant Teaching [GAT]
|
Employed (Summer I AND II) or (10 week session)
|
6
|
|
Graduate Assistant Research [GAR]
|
Employed ANY portion of the summer semester
|
6
|
|
Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching [GANT]
|
Employed ANY portion of the summer semester
|
6
|