1. To be on assistantship, a graduate student must be in a degree-seeking program. The student must be registered in the OASIS classification of MST, EDS, PHD, EDD, or GPR.

2. To be on assistantship, a graduate student must be registered for at least one course (anything carrying an Auburn University course number) during each academic term of the assistantship.

3. To be on assistantship, a graduate student must satisfy the minimum course load specifications of the individual departments and be making satisfactory progress toward the degree.

4. International graduate students on F1 visas cannot hold a greater than 50 percent work appointment. Rules for summer terms are different. Please check with the International Education office in Hargis Hall.

5. Graduate students may hold multiple assistantships and the assistantships may come from different units on campus, but together they cannot add up to more than a 100 percent appointment. Multiple assistantships for international graduate students cannot add up to more than a 50 percent work appointment.

6. To receive the out-of-state tuition waiver for non-resident students, a graduate student must be on no less than a 25 percent graduate assistantship and must be paid no less than $447.95 per month (for 2005-2006; $600 per month for 2006-2007). This dollar figure is adjusted yearly during the budget process. Waivers are available only to graduate assistantships assigned for an entire semester, defined as beginning no later than the eighth class day each semester and ending no earlier than the last day of classes each semester.

7. Non-Alabama resident graduate assistants who have been on assistantship for at least two consecutive semesters will automatically have their out-of-state tuition waived for the next semester whether or not they are on assistantship that semester. The "next" semester is defined as the next calendar semester. For example, a graduate student on 25 percent or higher assistantship for consecutive fall and spring semesters will still have the out-of-state tuition waived if registered summer semester whether the student is on assistantship or not that summer semester. If the student were not to enroll the summer semester in this example, but were to enroll the following fall semester, this benefit would not apply because fall would not be the next calendar semester.

8. After June 30, 2000, all graduate assistants registered for at least one hour are exempt from FICA and Medicare (Section 218 of the Social Security Act).

9. Graduate assistants who meet the requirements for GRAD7900 Thesis Completion or GRAD8900 Dissertation Completion and register concurrently for at least one hour of Research and Thesis/Research and Dissertation are considered full-time students and are exempt from FICA and Medicare on graduate assistant stipends.