The master's program in Historic Preservation currently has an allocation from the Graduate School of one graduate assistantship. Because a student will generally hold an assistantship for two years, the availability of the assistantship in any given year varies. A 3.00 grade point average is the minimal eligibility requirement for any type of assistantship.
The Graduate School and the Office of Financial Aid jointly sponsor a limited number of College Work Study (CWS) graduate assistantships based on a combination of financial need and academic achievement. Only U.S. citizens are eligible. Successful applicants to either type may be appointed to a full-time, three-quarter time or half-time position. Interested students should contact the Graduate Dean's Office at (734) 487-0042 concerning application procedures. Should you apply for a College Work Study Graduate Assistantship, it is important that you advise the Associate Graduate Dean that you are a CWS assistantship candidate. CWS selections are made from the list of candidates maintained by his office. The timely period for application is February and early March. Those who do not receive a full or partial assistantship, but who are, nevertheless, determined to be financially eligible for College Work Study can work on an hourly basis. Several CWS hourly positions are available in the Department of Geography & Geology or potentially with the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Historic District Commissions.
EMU also offers a limited number of minority student graduate assistantships university-wide each year. Interested applicants should contact the Graduate Dean's Office for detailed information. In addition, the Graduate Admissions office may provide more information on financial aid opportunities at graduate.admissions@emich.edu.
All full-time graduate assistantships (20 hours per week) are provided a full stipend of $6568.00 per academic year the first year and $6843.0 the second year. In addition, the University pays full tuition for up to 18 credit hours for each fiscal year of the assistantship, as well as registration, general fees, and health service fees. Parking permits, bookstore discount, and faculty library privileges are also provided. Stipend and tuition waivers are prorated for part-time assistantships. For instance, a half-time assistantship (10 hours per week) pays $3284.00 and up to nine tuition hours are covered.Internship Opportunities:
An internship (part-time) or cooperative education (full-time) arrangement is an optional activity but is recommended. Generally the student who desires to intern should plan this activity for the summer period or during the second year in residence and should seek the assistance of a program faculty member during the middle of the semester preceding the internship. Depending upon the student's interests, internships or cooperative education opportunities can be arranged with the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village complex or Fair Lane in nearby Dearborn, the Michigan Historical Center (the State preservation office) in Lansing, or with various municipal planning offices, community historical societies or local historic district commissions. Students may also intern out-of-state, but are responsible to make the arrangements. Internships generally do not pay a stipend, but students who have established college work-study eligibility may sometimes be able to combine a college-work study arrangement with an internship and thereby receive a stipend.
Exceptions to nonpaying experiences sometimes include summer internships with Cobblestone Farm (hourly, part-time) for students in the historic administration or heritage interpretation concentrations, and a $500 scholarship for a "planning" student (from the Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation) who serves the Ypsilanti Historic District Commission as a spring-summer intern. Cooperative education experiences are paid, but their availability is sporadic. An annual preservation planning internship with stipend, which takes the form of a graduate assistantship, has been established with the Planning Department of the City of Toledo. This experience is reserved for a second year student. Zachary & Associates, a firm intimately involved in preservation related concerns from building rehabilitation to neighborhood revitalization in Detroit, also frequently provides paid internships
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