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Graduate Assistantships are intended to recruit quality students to graduate study at USF and to enhance the graduate learning experience. Graduate assistantships exist within academic departments or other university offices on campus. Graduate assistants may teach, conduct research, or perform other tasks that contribute to the student’s professional development. Graduate students may be classified as Graduate Assistants (GAs), Graduate Teaching Assistants/Associates (GTAs), Graduate Instructional Assistants (GIAs), and/or Graduate Research Assistants/Associates (GRAs). All graduate assistants at USF work under a contract negotiated by the Graduate Assistants United (GAU) and the USF Board of Trustees. The GAU is the labor union certified as the exclusive bargaining agent for graduate assistants at USF. To receive an assistantship, the graduate student must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Accepted in a graduate degree program;
• Maintain an overall minimum grade point average (GPA) and degree program GPA of 3.00;
• Enrolled full-time during the semester(s) appointed as a graduate assistant;
• For Teaching Assistants, demonstrate proficiency in spoken English (if student is not from an English speaking country).

Full‐time enrollment is considered nine graduate credit hours in the fall semester, nine graduate credit hours in the spring semester, and six graduate credit hours in the summer semester. If a graduate assistant is enrolled in the last semester of his/her program of study, the number of registered semester hours may be less than the full‐time requirement. Graduate assistants must comply with all Office of Graduate Studies enrollment requirements to retain their assistantship as stated in the Graduate Catalog. For specifics regarding Graduate Assistantship requirements, guidelines, and policies, refer to the Graduate Assistants  Assistant Policies and Guidelines Handbook.

Note ‐ Criminal History Background Checks may be required depending on the appointment ‐ reference . Reference USF Policy 0‐615 ‐ http://regulationspolicies.usf.edu/policies-and-procedures/pdfs/policy-0-615.pdf

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