- How many hours must a Graduate Assistant enroll in to maintain the assistantship?
- What is the minimum salary a department is required to pay Graduate Assistants?
- My tuition waiver award hasn't been credited to my University bill. What should I do?
- Are there any other ways to obtain a waiver?
- Can I lose my award?
- Can user fees be waived?
- My waiver for this term is more than my bill for nonresident and resident tuition. Can I carry the unused portion over to the next term?
- My award is more than my bill for nonresident tuition and resident tuition. Will I get a check for the difference?
- My student loan paid for all my tuition before my tuition waivers were applied. What do I do?
- I am enrolled in courses offered by the Health Sciences Center. Can I use my waivers for these courses?
- I am taking an extension course offered through Continuing Education. Can I use my waiver there?
- I am a Norman Campus graduate student taking a class in the College of Law. Can my waiver be applied to this class?
- I am a Norman Campus graduate student taking courses on the Tulsa campus. Can my waiver be applied to these classes?
- I am a 1.0 FTE Graduate Assistant. Can I receive a tuition waiver?
- I am auditing a course. Can I use my waiver?
How many hours must a Graduate Assistant enroll in to maintain the assistantship?
Graduate assistants with a 0.50 FTE appointment or greater appointment must enroll in at least 6 hours during the fall and spring semesters. Graduate assistants may not be required to enroll for summer courses. Graduate Assistants should contact their department and if applicable, the International Student Office for guidelines for summer enrollment. Graduate assistants with less than a 0.50 FTE appointment must enroll in at least 9 hours during the fall and spring semesters (four hours during the summer session).
What is the minimum salary a department is required to pay Graduate Assistants?
Graduate students with a 0.50 FTE appointment must receive at least $9,397.62 for an academic year appointment (9 months) or $12,530.16 for a calendar year appointment (12 months). Graduate students with a 0.25 FTE appointment must receive at least $4,698.81 for an academic year appointment (9 months) or $6,265.08 for a calendar year appointment (12 months).
My tuition waiver award hasn't been credited to my University bill. What should I do?
Be patient. In order for your award to be applied against your first University bill, your nomination must have been received in the Graduate College at least three weeks prior to the start of the term. If you were nominated after this date, it will take about a month for your award to be credited to your account. If your bill is still in error 30 days after you receive your award letter or if you have any other problems, please contact the Graduate College at 325-3811 for assistance.
Are there any other ways to obtain a waiver?
The Graduate College awards only tuition waivers for Qualified Graduate Assistants and Fellowship recipients. The Office of Financial Aid administers all need-based awards. If you are interested in such aid, please call 325-4521.
If you are placed on academic probation, fail to make satisfactory progress toward your degree, or fail to enroll, you may lose your award. Also, if you fail to have a qualifying graduate assistantship appointment, you will lose any waiver dependent on that appointment. If you are a graduate research assistant whose appointment is not renewed through the end of the semester, you will lose your waiver for that semester. Contact the Graduate College if you have any questions.
No. State Law prohibits using state funds to pay user fees (such as the health fee, the facilities fee, the library resources fee, computer access fees, private lessons fees, etc.)
My waiver for this term is more than my bill for nonresident and resident tuition. Can I carry the unused portion over to the next term?
No. These awards only waive some or all of the charges for nonresident and resident tuition. Since we cannot waive more than the amount of your bill, any remaining balance reverts to the Graduate College for award to other students.
My award is more than my bill for nonresident tuition and resident tuition. Will I get a check for the difference?
No. These awards only waive some or all of the charges for nonresident tuition and resident tuition. Since we cannot waive more than the amount of your bill, any remaining balance reverts to the Graduate College for award to other students.
My student loan paid for all my tuition before my tuition waivers were applied. What do I do?
The Bursar's office will send you a check for the amount of your waiver(s) once it appears on your bill.
I am enrolled in courses offered by the Health Sciences Center. Can I use my waivers for these courses?
Under some circumstances the Health Sciences Center will permit you to apply your waiver against enrollments at HSC. Please contact the Graduate College at 325-3811 for assistance prior to enrolling in these courses.
I am taking an extension course offered through Continuing Education. Can I use my waiver there?
No. College of Continuing Education courses are budgeted separately from other course offerings. These courses are not supported by state appropriations and therefore no waivers can be awarded until operating costs are recovered.
I am a Norman Campus graduate student taking a class in the College of Law. Can my waiver be applied to this class?
No. Courses with a "LAW" prefix cannot be waived since tuition waivers are budgeted differently for the College of Law.
I am a Norman Campus graduate student taking courses on the Tulsa campus. Can my waiver be applied to these classes?
Under special circumstances, tuition waivers awarded by the Norman-campus Graduate College can be applied towards courses taken on the Tulsa campus. Contact either the Tulsa or Norman campus Graduate College for additional information.
I am a 1.0 FTE Graduate Assistant. Can I receive a tuition waiver?
No. Graduate assistants with 1.0 FTE appointments are considered University employees. You may contact the Bursar's Office or your work department for a reduced tuition rate.
I am auditing a course. Can I use my waiver?
No. Audited courses are not included in a student's enrollment calculations.