VII. Policy Statement on Teaching and Academic Progress

1. Decisions on yearly salaries of graduate teaching assistants are based on a system of steps determined by years of service and progress toward an advanced degree. Promotion to higher steps is contingent upon satisfactory performance in the following areas as determined by the Associate Head in consultation with the Assistant to the Head and the Graduate Committee Head:
   1. Quality of teaching as determined from evaluations by the lecturer and students.
   2. Quality of paper grading as determined from the professor's evaluation.
   3. Progress toward more advanced teaching assignments.
   4. Course grades.
   5. Satisfactory academic progress (see (D) below).
2. First year students whose oral English is satisfactory are usually assigned to teach 2 recitation sections (4 contact hours per week) of a large lecture course and to grade papers in that course. Advanced students are expected to be able to eventually teach their own courses. Students whose oral English is unsatisfactory will be assigned as paper graders in their Þrst year. However, in order that these students eventually be able to assume teaching duties, they will also be assigned to a special course in English during their Þrst semester. This assignment will be continued until their oral and written English is satisfactory. If oral English is inadequate for a classroom assignment at the end of one year, the assistantship will be terminated.
3. Master's students will be supported for four semesters and the intervening summer session provided there is satisfactory teaching and academic performance. Support beyond this is not guaranteed.
4. Satisfactory Academic Progress. Students are expected to maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 as master's candidates and at least 3.25 as Ph.D. candidates. Students must show active progress towards a degree. Ph.D. students are expected to progress through the Qualifying Exams and Advanced Topics Exams in a timely manner (see sections IV.(A) and IV.(C)). Teaching assistantships and fellowships may be affected for those students with unsatisfactory academic progress. Students with continued unsatisfactory academic progress may have their financial support and also their privileges to continue in the mathematics Ph.D. program terminated.