05.08 Graduate Scholarships and Stipends Benefits
Health-Insurance Policy Coverage for Eastman Doctoral Students
(effective Fall 2019)
The following policy pertains only to doctoral students at Eastman (DMA and PhD) who matriculate in fall 2019 and thereafter. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2019 fall under the previous policy.
New Policy:
Doctoral students who teach 10 or more hours per week for the entire academic year will receive coverage of their health-insurance premiums (single person) for that year. They will not receive coverage in years when they do not teach 10 or more hours per week for both semesters of the academic year in question.
Further explanation:
In Composition, this policy will affect primarily the TAs in EARS. The new policy will not normally affect doctoral students in Conducting or in Music Teaching and Learning. In piano, this policy will affect primarily the TAs in piano class. In musicology, the policy will pertain to those who teach the 120 courses, the MHS 280 courses, MHS 119, or an MUR course for a semester within a given academic year; even though those classes meet for only a single semester, they are treated as a double course because the TA has full autonomy and is responsible for all aspects of the course design and implementation. The policy will also pertain to graduate students who assist for both fall and spring semesters within a given academic year in an MHS 120 or an MUR course. In music theory, the policy will apply to all TAs, including those who teach Th 205 (as a double load in only one semester).
