A. The General Financial Picture
Tuition and fees for graduate students enrolled in academic (i.e. non-professional) PhD degrees are set by the Regents of the University of California and posted by the Office of the Registrar each year. US citizens and permanent residents can normally establish California residency and thus be exempted from paying NRST after one year. After being advanced to doctoral candidacy, non-resident students are eligible to have their NRST reduced by 100% for a total of three consecutive calendar years.
AHMA works to provide students with continuous financial support, covering not only the above tuition and fees rates, but also a stipend to support living expenses. These latter are achieved through a combination of university fellowships, departmental grants, GSI appointments, research assistantships, travel awards, and extramural grants. Individual students may also take out student loans if their individual circumstances necessitate additional income.
The AHMA program’s commitment to continuous funding for its students is predicated on the assumption that they continue to make good progress toward their degree(s). Entering students are awarded a five-year funding package that includes a stipend for their first two years, an additional two years funded by an equal mix of stipends and GSI appointments (2 semesters of each), and one year of the university’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship (DCF). Beyond that, continuing students are eligible for a variety of internal and extramural fellowships, and are strongly encouraged to apply for all such opportunities. Information on many of these fellowships can be found on theGraduate Division website
Students who are not awarded University fellowships or extramural support will be required to serve as a GSI for one semester of each year (after completion of the first year) in order to be eligible for fellowship support from AHMA in the other semester of each year. Students who have advanced to candidacy are required to apply to outside sources of funding and must provide a copy of all such applications when applying for departmental support of any kind. Generally, no AHMA funding will be awarded after the seventh year. Sixth and seventh year funding, if not coming from external fellowships, will usually consist of teaching appointments only, usually but not only in one of AHMA’s participating departments.
AHMA annually awards a number of smaller travel grants to enable students to acquire first-hand knowledge of sites and museums, normally during the summer break (this assumes normal progress on language requirements). You have the option of using this grant for intensive language study rather than travel.
B. Graduate Division Continuing Student Fellowships
AHMA students who are advanced to candidacy by the end of their tenth semester will be eligible for a Dissertation Completion Fellowship (DCF), which provides a two-semester stipend, and NRST exemption for international students. The DCF may be used during any semester in candidacy before the end of the mandated Normative Time (fourteen semesters for AHMA students). You must fill out a “DCF Activation Form” to elect the semesters in which you will take the DCF.
C. Graduate Student Instructorships
Because teaching is an important part of graduate training, each student in the AHMA program will normally serve several times as an instructor. AHMA students are eligible to compete for Graduate Student Instructorships (GSI-ships) in the departments of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, History, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, History of Art, and Anthropology, depending upon their particular qualifications, and for the Western Civilization classes under Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies (UGIS), including Classics R44 and ISF 10. You should apply directly to the department or program in question to compete for appointments. GSI-ships are rarely awarded in the first year of graduate study.
Before teaching begins, all students must clear from their record any Incomplete grades that are more than a year old. TheGraduate Division has its own requirements governing students who are beginning their first GSI appointment. Graduate students are expected to read these requirements carefully and adhere to them fully. AHMA students may complete the required 375 course (introduction to pedagogy) in Classics, History, History of Art, or Near Eastern Studies, and must do so in the fall semester of the year when they first serve as a GSI.
D. Other Funding
Student funding may also take the form of other academic appointments such as Graduate Student Researcher appointments (GSR-ships; collaboration in the work of a particular faculty member) or Readerships (grading papers and exams in a particular course). Appointment as a Graduate Student Researcher or a Reader depends upon the recommendation of individual faculty members and available funding.
Students may also apply to the Graduate Division forconference travel grants andgrants for graduate students who are parents
E. Federal Financial Aid
Graduate students may apply for need-based loans, emergency loans and work-study through the Student ServicesFinancial Aid Office. Graduate students seeking loans are subject to Federal standards for assessment of Satisfactory Academic Progress.