The MA/PHD Program in Philosophy offers graduate assistantships, each of which provides a full tuition waiver of a minimum of 28 courses (112 credit hours). That is six years of complete tuition remission, a stipend of $31,981, and travel funding to present your work at academic conferences. In addition, DePaul offers student
health insurance and various
types of leave.
Primary responsibilities of the graduate assistantship, which requires approximately (20 hours per week), include the following:
- Assist the instructor with grading (never, however, being asked to do more than 50% of the total grading for the quarter);
- Instructional support to undergraduate students;
- Assistance with departmental co-curricular activities and updating resources.
The application can be found here and is open from August 2024 through January 6, 2025. Awardees will be notified by the end of February.