Request for Graduate Assistant to Enroll in Less Than Full Time Attendance
SUNY policy requires that all graduate assistants funded with in-state tuition waivers enroll in 12 credit hours of coursework
during the semesters of appointment. Two exceptions to this policy exist, allowing enrollment in fewer than 12 credit hours.
Please check the following exception that pertains to you:
My assistantship position falls within my exact graduate program or area of study.
My assistantship position falls under another department or office but is “certified” (below) to be
equivalent to an assistantship within my graduate program area of study.
Please prov
ide the following:
Name:
Semester and Year:
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___________________ Banner ID: _______________________
Academic Program of Study: _____________________________________________
Department of Graduate Assistantship: _______________________________________
Graduate Assistantship Supervisor: ____________________________________________
I acknowledge the following:
• I understand that my enrollment may not fall below 9 credit hours at any time during employment as a graduate assistant.
• If approved, in-state tuition funding for only the exact number of credit hours of enrollment will be applied to my bill. If
my course load increases back to 12 credit hours or more, I will contact the Student Accounts Office immediately.
• This request must be submitted for each semester that a course load below 12 credit hours is requested.
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Graduate Assistant Date
I certify that the above student’s assistantship position is either housed in his/her exact graduate program or area of study OR falls
under another department that is equivalent to an assistantship within the student’s graduate program area.
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Graduate Assistant Supervisor Date
______________________________________________________ _________________
Graduate Program Coordinator or Department Chair Date
______________________________________________________ _________________
Dean (of Student’s Academic Program) Date
Please return this completed form to the Graduate Admissions Office, Kehoe 113 (
graduate@plattsburgh.edu) by July 1 for a
decreased fall semester course load, or by December 1 for a decreased spring semester course load.