MSACS Assistantship Policies

MSACS Assistantships and projects can originate in a number of ways:

• Faculty may create a project related to their research interests.
• Students may propose a project to a faculty member.
• Funded grants often include graduate assistantships.

1. The best approach for students, is to review any posted assistantships and review the research interests of our graduate computer science faculty.
2. Then, contact the faculty member who will direct the project, and propose and request their time to direct the research project.
3. An assistantship project proposal must be generated, by the student and faculty member.
4. The assistantship project proposal will be submitted to the MSACS program director for his approval.
5. Assistanthips require a short report at the end of each semester, to go to both the faculty member serving as project director, and to the MSACS Director.

MSACS Graduate Assistant Kronos Timesheets:

      Completing a bi-weekly timesheet in the online Kronos system is a requirement of the assistantship appointment. When you accept an assistantship, you are agreeing to follow the rules and requirements of the posistion, which includes the following:

1. MSACS GA-1 students must submit timesheets with no more than 14 hours on a bi-weekly timesheet (average of 7 hours per week).
2. MSACS GA-2 students must submit timesheets with no more than 26 hours on a bi-weekly timesheet (average of 13 hours per week).
3. Time sheets cannot show hours on a holiday or on a Sunday.
4. Time sheets cannot show more than 8 hours per day (to avoid overtime issues).
5. Students must complete their timesheet in Kronos by the Thursday preceding the second Friday in the two-week timesheet pay period.
6. Your time spent filling out your timesheet can be included as paid work.