Graduate Assistantships are available, with waiver of additional out-of-state tuition fees, to qualified applicants. Please contact the M.F.A. Program Director, Department of Art and Design, for more information about assistantships and the degree program. Graduate instructional assistants and graduate teaching assistants are required to take a 9-hour course load (fulltime) to qualify for financial assistance. Graduate Assistantships (2007) will be assigned in July for the fall semester.