Graduate Advising

• GTA positions are usually only offered to students who have at least 12 MTU credits. All PhD students will be considered for a GTA position. The pool may open up to master’s students if needed.
• Required Center for Teaching and Learning CTL1 – Instructional Basics must be completed at least 2 weeks prior to the start of a GTA appointment. Department staff will arrange this for you.
• The department coordinator will send a Graduate Teaching Assistant Information Form to PhD students prior to appointing TA assignments for the semester. This form will require students to list their qualifications.
• Faculty will review the form and may interview students if necessary.
• TA positions will be assigned 6 weeks prior to the semester.
• 1 week prior 1st day of class:
  • Instructor will provide and review the GTA teaching requirements and evaluation rubric.
• At the end of TA assignment:
  • Instructor will provide the TA with results of the evaluation rubric.
• GTA must pass teaching assignment with an overall assessment of "satisfactory".
• If GTA teaching performance is not satisfactory the graduate student’s committee will meet and recommend a remedy for the poor performance. Possibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Taking another MTU course and receiving a determined grade
  • TA another course
  • Loss of future funding

At times, a student pursuing a master’s degree in biomedical engineering decides that they would like to increase their scope to pursue a PhD. A discussion should be held with the student’s advisor prior to form submission. The advisor will indicate if they feel the student is prepared for the PhD program or if they recommend further courses, research, or other, before applying to the PhD program. If it is determined that the advisor recommends the student move into the PhD program, the student need only to fill out the D-1 Acceptance Form. (This form is located on the Graduate School website, under - Forms - Current Students - Special Purpose Forms).

The form must be approved by the department chair or BME graduate program director, then submitted to the Graduate School. The Graduate School will return a signed form to the student, and graduate program assistant of the department.

Self-assessment forms will be sent to students as a fillable PDF by office staff. Assessment forms must be completed electronically and cannot be filled out by hand. The following links are for preview purposes only.

• MS Course Work Self-Assessment Form
• MS Thesis/Report Self-Assessment Form
• PhD Self Assessment Form and Individual Development Plan