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Applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit a minimum score of 24/30 on the TOEFL iBT speaking section or 8 on the IELTS speaking section in order to be eligible to hold a teaching assistantship. Students can also take the campus SPEAK EPI test (minimum score of 50 5.0 required) within their first semester of studies. Students who decide to complete the SPEAK EPI exam will not be eligible to hold a teaching assistantship appointment upon arrival. This requirement is an Illinois State Law, so the Department of Computer Science has no authority to waive it.
All students who have scored between 79-102 on the TOEFL iBT test or 6.5-7.0 on the IELTS test will be required upon arrival to take an English Placement Test (EPT). On the basis of these test results, applicants may be required to enroll in non-credit English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.
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- Maintaining a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 for each semester as a CS graduate student
- Having a passing EPI exam (on-campus exam) score or SPEAK score (TOEFL iBT (24/30) or IELTS academic exam (8)) within the first academic year
- PhD students only: Meeting with Program of Study Committee (which is assigned by the department) and completing the Program of Study form by the end of the first semester (see Program of Study section in CS Graduate Student Handbook for more information).
- Maintaining full-time registration (as stated in the CS Graduate Student Handbook).
- Receiving a positive evaluation of your assistantship duties as indicated by departmental and supervisor's annual reviews.
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Students given a teaching assistantship (TA) will have a formalized orientation program to attend that is offered by the University's Center for Teaching Excellence. This orientation is designed for all first time teaching assistants at the university and helps prepare students to be effective instructors and leaders to our undergraduate students. In addition, the Department of Computer Science has various meeting requires all first-time TAs (for Computer Science) to register for CS 591 TA seminar (1 credit hour) prior to or concurrently with their first TA appointment. The department will have other meetings and workshops for their TAs to attend throughout the year. Please see your TA assignment letter and contract for more details.
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