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The History Department's Financial Aid Committee will meet
in February to begin the financial award process. We hope
to have notice of awards and denials to students by the
end of March.
Merit-based financial awards are competitive and limited.
Therefore, we encourage you to get in touch with the University's
Financial Aid Office to obtain information on loans, grants,
work-study, etc.
The following is a brief description of UCSB's merit-based
awards.
- SPECIAL FELLOWSHIPS: Competition is very high for these
four-year fellowships that combine stipend, tuition and
fee support for the first and fourth years and teaching
assistantships during the second and third years. Criteria
for awarding this fellowship are: GRE scores (verbal and
analytical percentiles should total at least 180%), GPA
of at least 3.8 for junior and senior years, letters of
reference and quality of writing sample.
- DEPARTMENTAL RECRUITING FELLOWSHIPS: A portion of the
Department's fellowship money goes towards recruiting
packages for incoming students. This money may be awarded
as non-resident tuition fellowships (out-of-state students
are expected to establish residency by the end of their
first academic year), or as a departmental fellowship
which would go towards payment of fees and include a stipend.
- TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS: A limited number of teaching
assistantships are available and these are generally given
to students who already have the M.A. degree. Such support
is not guaranteed for any fixed period, but most students
are able to TA for at least two years. Teaching duties
generally consist of three sections of one of the lower
division survey courses: Western Civilization or American
History.
- RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS AND READERSHIPS: For this type
of departmental support, please contact History Department
Financial Assistant Carol Pfeil during the first few weeks
of your entering quarter. She will keep your name on a
list and it will be given to professors as their need
for either position arises. A research assistant assists
a professor in doing academic research, library work,
bibliographic work, etc. A reader assists a professor
with large class rosters in grading papers.
If you have any questions regarding the above, please call
the Graduate Program Assistants, Darcy
Ritzau, M-F, 8-12 noon, (805) 893-3056, or Carolyn
Isono-Grapard, M-F, 1-5 (805) 893-2224.
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