All payments to Graduate students require the approval of the Office of Graduate Studies.

All Graduate Students (full-time and part-time) must be paid on semi-monthly payroll. In fall and spring, students are paid on a PAF if tuition is connected to the payment. If there is no tuition connected to the work, graduate students are paid semi-monthly using the electronic Graduate Student non-Contract Pay Form. In Summer and Winter Sessions, all payments to Graduate Students must be processed using the Graduate Student non- Contract Pay Form. All graduate students must use direct deposit for their salary payments.

US citizens who are students may work no more than 40-hrs/week within the University. For purposes of equating course teaching assignments to the weekly limit, the following conversions apply: in Fall or Spring, four courses of three-credits each are considered equivalent to 40-hrs/week; in the Winter Session, two three-credit courses are considered equivalent to 40-hrs/week; in summer that 40-hr/wk limit equates to 12-credits of teaching across the entire summer. A maximum allowable teaching load is 4 courses in fall + 2 winter + 4 spring + 3 summer.

Non-US citizens, according to INS regulations, are limited during the Fall and Spring semesters to working 20-hrs/week within the University. During Winter Session, holidays, and Summer Session, non-US citizens may work up to 40 hours per week on campus. For purposes of equating course teaching assignments to the weekly limit, the following conversions apply: in Fall or Spring, two courses of three-credits each are considered equivalent to 20-hrs/week; in the Winter Session the limit is 40- hrs/week and two three-credit courses are considered equivalent to 40-hrs/week; in the Summer Session all students are limited to teaching no more than 12 crs across the entire summer. A maximum teaching schedule for non-US citizens is 2 courses in fall + 2 winter + 2 spring + 3 summer.