Graduate Assistantships
The English Department awards financial aid to a limited number of well-qualified students primarily in the form of graduate assistantships. Nearly all of the students who receive graduate assistantships are assigned to teach ENG 105 (Critical Reading and Writing in the University Community), our required composition course, and to perform additional work such as tutoring in the university writing center. In addition, graduate assistants are required to take ENG 601 (the TA Practicum) during their first semester of teaching and to meet regularly with a mentor during the same semester. Nonnative speakers of English are not normally considered for assistantships in their first year.
Competition for graduate assistantships is very strong. To be eligible for a graduate assistantship in the fall semester, students must be accepted into the program of their choice and have completed their graduate assistantship application and submitted it to the English department by the posted deadlines. GA selection begins on February 15 for appointments starting in the next fall semester and continue until April 15 or until all positions are filled. GA selection begins on November 15 for a very small number of appointments starting in the following spring semester.
Interested applicants can obtain assistantship application materials by downloading the materials here or writing to the departmental address:
Chair, English Department
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 6032
Flagstaff, AZ 86011 - 6032 USA
Telephone: (928) 523-4911
PhD Applicants please click here: Summer Research Awards.
Financial Aid
For information on the various financial resources available including graduate assistantships, visit NAU's Graduate College.
For information on financial aid, contact NAU's Office of Student Financial Aid.
Tuition Waivers
A limited number of tuition waivers are available to out-of-state students who can demonstrate financial need. If you are an out-of-state student and wish to present yourself as a candidate for one of these awards, please download the English Department tuition waiver form (2 pages). You can download the forms by either right clicking on the link and choosing the option 'save' or left clicking on the link and choosing a program like Microsoft Word to run.
For the first consideration, please be sure that supporting materials and your completed application forms for graduate assistantships or tuition waivers are returned to the following address before February 15th.
English Department, (Graduate Application)
Composition Office, P.O. Box 6032
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011