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Policies
for CS Graduate Assistants
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- Class Registration Policy
- Graduate assistants are required to enroll for
at least 12 graduate-level credit hours during the
Fall and Spring semesters. In addition, graduate
assistants are required to include at least two
regular courses within their 12 credit hours.
Students receiving assistantship during Summer term
are required to enroll for 9 hours of
graduate-level course work including at least one
CS course other than project or independent
study.
- Attendance Policy
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Your assistantship contract with BGSU requires
you to be on campus as scheduled throughout each
semester. You are required to be on campus as of
the first day of each semester and to remain on
campus through the end of your obligations for
that semester (excluding official holiday
periods). This means that you need to be present
for your latest-scheduled final exam. Faculty in
the Department of Computer Science do not give
early final exams so that you can leave campus
before the scheduled final exam time.
In addition, some assistantships require you
to be on campus through Friday of final exam
week, but some do not have this requirement.
Check with your assistantship supervisor to see
if this requirement applies to you.
Students who depart before the approved date
at the end of a semester, or who return after the
start of the following semester, may forfeit
their assistantship.
This is a serious contractual obligation. You
should make no travel plans that conflict with
your assistantship requirements as specified in
this policy.
- Excerpt from Graduate Assistantship
Contract
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Because academic success is the primary goal
of graduate study, graduate assistants are
discouraged from working more than 20 hours per
week, including the assistantship assignment,
when classes are in session. Graduate assistants
should confer with their graduate coordinators
before accepting additional employment.
United States Citizens, nationals and
lawful permanent residents of the US are not
limited to the number of hours per week they can
work on campus. However, the Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) limits international
students with F-1 and J-1 visas to 20 hours work
per week on campus while school is in session.
During official school break periods, students
with F-1 and J-1 visas may work full-time.
Student employees are responsible for complying
with employment policies of BGSU and the
INS.
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