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See the graduate director on a regular basis.
Take the core courses during your first year.
Make "normal progress" toward your degree.
- Maintain at least a B average.
- Avoid incompletes-finish every course.
- Take enough hours to complete the degree in a timely fashion.
Take advantage of departmental opportunities:
- Apply for TA Assistantship.
- All TAs are eligible for assistance to attend conventions.
- Find a mentor-a faculty member who can help guide you through the program.
- Get involved in the departmental brown-bag lunches and other seminars by visiting scholars.
Get to know other students. Remember, if you are not having fun, you are doing something wrong.

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