Teaching Assistantships
Financial support for graduate students is usually in the form of a Teaching Assistantship (TA). Teaching Assistants perform services for the Department amounting to 20 hours per week for PhD students and 15 hours per week for MS students. The duties can involve grading, working with students at drop-in centers, running recitation sections for a large lecture or multi-section course, or (more often in the case of advanced students) teaching a section of an undergraduate course.
Students teaching one discussion section are expected to hold at least two office hours per week, while students teaching two discussion sections are expected to hold at least three office hours per week.
Teaching Assistants are normally required to register for at least 9 credits each semester, with exceptions as detailed in the Coursework section above.
A full-time Teaching Assistantship generally provides a tuition credit in addition to paying a stipend. See the official graduate school policies here.