Eligibility for Appointments. 17.1.1 - To be eligible for an appointment, the GA must be enrolled as a full-time, degree-seeking student in good academic standing and making satisfactory progress towards a degree as defined by the minimum University standards and any additional requirements published by the GA's academic unit.
Eligibility for Appointments. To be eligible for an appointment, the GA must be enrolled as a full-time, degree-seeking student in good academic standing and making satisfactory progress towards a degree as defined by the minimum University standards and any additional requirements published by the GA's academic unit. If an individual, who has accepted a GA appointment, fails to enroll by the last day to add courses for the term, withdraws or otherwise fails to maintain academic eligibility in a graduate program, the University may, at its sole discretion and not subject to appeal under the Grievance and Arbitration Procedure of Article GRIEVANCE_ARTICLE, cancel the assistantship appointment. If a GA is unable to meet these criteria because of extenuating circumstances, including but not limited to illness, injury, family emergency, travel restrictions, the University will endeavor to accommodate these circumstances. For summer appointments, GAs are not required to be registered during the summer of employment if they were registered for either the immediately preceding or immediately succeeding term. Assistants who are determined ineligible for a GA appointment after the start date of their appointment shall be paid in full for all work performed on a pro-rata basis. There are two scenarios under which a GA can potentially register for fewer than 9 graduate credits in a term. First, a maximum 4 of the 9 required credits can be undergraduate credits if these undergraduate courses are needed as prerequisites or are important for the student's program of study. Second, a GA can register for as few as 5 graduate credits in the final two terms before graduation provided no additional credits are needed to meet degree requirements.
