Workload
A graduate assistant on a quarter-time assistantship normally enrolls in 9 to 14 credits per semester during the academic year and is expected to provide teaching, research, or extension assistance of approximately 10 hours a week. Those on half-time and three-quarter time assistantships enroll for 9 to 12 credits and 6 to 8 credits per semester, respectively, during the academic year. In return for the assistantship, the graduate student is expected to be involved with pedagogical tasks averaging 20 or 30 hours per week, respectively. The departments or programs awarding the assistantships provide the teaching, research, or extension assistant with the necessary training and mentoring to perform effectively and to make the assistantship a positive learning experience.