FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduate Program

GPG2 TA/Grader Application Form

Form: GPG2 (revised on May 28, 2013)
This form needs to be filled in by the graduate students who want to request a Teaching Assistantship (TA) or Grader Assistantship (GA) in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Usually, this form needs to be filled by August 10 if the assistantship is requested for the Fall
semester, December 1 if the assistantship is requested for the Spring semester, and April 1 if the assistantship is requested for the Summer semester, in
order to receive full consideration. This form needs to be submitted to the Graduate Program Assistant in the ECE office by the deadline.

APPLICANT INFORMATION
Preference is given to students enrolled in the Ph.D. program, students who have passed the preliminary examination, students in the
last semester of their graduation, and students with higher GPA.

1. Semester and year: ____________________

2. E-mail address: ___________________________________

3. First name: ___________________________

4. Last name: ___________________________

5. Student I.D. or FSU#: _____________________________________

6. Advisers first and last name (leave empty if you dont have an adviser):______________________________________

7. University:

FAMU

9. Current enrolment status:

FSU

Ph.D.

8. Current GPA: _________

M.S. (thesis)

M.S. (non-thesis)

10. When did you start your graduate program in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering? _________________________
(If you have transferred from the M.S. to the Ph.D. program you should put the date when you started your M.S. program,
if you were enrolled in the 4+1 program you should put the date when you started your enrollment in the 4+1 program.)

11. Expected graduation date: _______________________

12. Type of assistance requested (you may check more than one):

TA

GA

13. What classes would you prefer to teach or grade if awarded? (You can leave this empty if you have no preference. We
are trying to assign classes according to your preferences; however, we cannot guarantee that you will be assigned the
class that you prefer.)
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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (new students can skip this section)

The general policy of the Department is to award TA and GA for at most 4 semesters. However, depending of the experience, GPA,
and previous evaluations of the applicant the Department might award assistantships for more than 4 semesters.

14. How many semesters have you been awarded TA or GA in the ECE Department so far? ________________
(For instance, if you were awarded 20h/week TA position in Fall 2011 and Summer 2012 should put 2, if you were
awarded 20 h/week in Spring 2010 and 10h/week in Fall 2011 you should put 1.5)

15. List all the semesters when you were awarded TA or GA (put N/A if you were never awarded any TA or GA in the
past)
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
All international graduate students who are not native speakers of English are supposed to take the speaking section of the TOELF test
or the SPEAK test at FSU (http://cies.fsu.edu/itap/speak_exam.php). The university requires to have a score of 26 points or better in
the speaking section of the TOEFL test or 50 points of better in the SPEAK test in order to be eligible for a TA position. To be eligible
for a grader position the students must have at least 23-24 points in the speaking section of the TOEFL test or 45 points in the SPEAK
test.

16. Are you a native English speaker?

Yes

No

(If you answered Yes you can skip the rest of this section)

17. Score obtained in the speaking section of TOEFL (put N/A if you have not taken it): ___________

18. Score obtained in the SPEAK test (put N/A if you have not taken it): ___________

DECLARATION OF APPLICANT
By signing this form, I declare that the above information is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Signature: ___________________________

Date: _______________