The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy

The following types of positions are available through the Department for the employment of graduate students.

Graduate Instructor:
This is an appointment to serve as the primary instructor of an undergraduate course. Such courses will generally be multi-sectional and the graduate instructor will be supervised by a permanent faculty member. As stated under qualifications a graduate student employed at this level must meet specific qualifications.

Graduate Teaching Assistant:
This is an appointment to serve as a proctor for a laboratory or discussion session, or as a grader. A teaching assistant is not responsible for assignment of final grades in a course.

Graduate Administrative Assistant:
This is an appointment to perform various types of administrative or service tasks for an academic department or university office or program.

Graduate Research Assistant:
This appointment is made by an academic department, research institute, or faculty member (having a funded research project) to a student to assist in performing various types of research activities.

Qualifications

Academic Qualifications:
To be eligible to receive any of the above graduate assistantships, a student must be admitted as a full standing student in a graduate program within the University. The student must be enrolled, during the semesters in which the appointment is in effect.

For Graduate Instructors:
Students who are appointed as Graduate Instructors must have completed a minimum of 18 hours of graduate course work (with a minimum grade point average of 3.0) in the assigned field of instruction. Exception can be made for relevant non-academic experience or the possession of specific skills. Exceptions must be approved by the Graduate Dean’s office before the appointment is made.

English Language Requirements:
Students for whom English is not their native language will be required to fulfill both the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score requirement for admission into the graduate school and the TSE (Test of Spoken Language) or SPEAK (institutional test of spoken English) score requirements for appointment to a teaching position. The minimum requirements for the TOEFL, TSE or SPEAK examinations are to be determined by the Graduate School; individual departments may require higher scores for their appointments.