Info for New Students
The departmental web page is the best place for information regarding our program. Departmental policies
and procedures for the graduate programs are described in the Graduate section of the web page.
Email is our primary method of communication with students so make sure that
you are subscribed to the Graduate Student Email List. To sign-up click here.
New graduate students should download and read the New Graduate Student Orientation
presentation, which can be found here. We will go over an updated version of this presentation during the orientation
session (see the schedule below for details).
Note that any student with a minimum of 10 hours (.25 FTE) and minimum stipend
of $612/month are required to have insurance and will be automatically charged
unless they turn in the waiver form NO LATER than the 9th class day. Waiver forms
are available at: http://www.grad.auburn.edu/Graduate_Student_Insurance/waiver.html. If a waiver form is not turned in to the Graduate Insurance office in Hargis
Hall by the 9th class day, the student will be enrolled for the entire semester.
Fall 2009 Schedule
- INSY New Graduate Student Orientation: When? August 14, 11:30 a.m., 3:00 p.m. Where? Engineering Hospitality Suite,
3206 Shelby Center (required for all new INSY graduate students)
- Office of International Education's (OIE) New Student Orientation - August 4,
5 (required for new international students)
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Program will administer the SPEAK test on
August 6 (required for new international students with a teaching assistantships who do
not meet the university minimums on either the TSE or the Speaking section of
the IBT TOEFL test)
- ESL English Language Orientation Workshop - August 7 (required for new international students with a teaching assistantship, available
to other new international students).
- GTA Convocation - click here for detailed schedule (required for all new INSY teaching assistants)
