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MLA Program
Georgia's tuition, fees and estimated expenses are listed in the university's Graduate School Bulletin. Need-based financial aid such as student loans is available through the university's Office of Student Financial Aid, 220 Academic Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6114, (706) 542-6147. The following programs may affect students' financial status in other ways. Graduate assistantships Georgia's graduate assistants serve as student employees of the university while continuing their studies. The work of assigned students is overseen by specific individual faculty members. Students assigned assistantships are waived tuition and receive a stipend. MLA assistantships are assigned by the MLA Assistantship Committee, based on funding from the School of Environmental Design, the university's Graduate School, and outside granting agencies. The criteria for assigning assistantships to students are academic standing; satisfactory completion of previous assistantship tasks; equitable distribution among all students and all benefiting faculty; and matching of individual students' skills to specific tasks needed by the school in teaching, research and administration. The criterion of equitable distribution gives some preference to students paying out-of-state tuition. Assignments are made on an annual basis, in the spring for the following year. Students who are assigned assistantships are mostly in the second and third years of the program. At this time the students have acquired basic landscape architectural training that gives them value as assistants, and the school is aware, through firsthand experience, of the specific skills that students could bring to assistantship work. Most MLA students end up with 1 or 2 semesters of assistantship in their second year, and sometimes a semester in their third year. Also in the second year, students are eligible to apply for various scholarships, which are described below. In the first year of the three-year track, almost no students are assigned assistantships. Almost all students should expect to concentrate on their first-year basic courses without assistantships. Essentially the only exception is students to whom the Graduate School assigns "university-wide" assistantships. The Graduate School selects these assistants, based on academic merit and other criteria, exclusively from among those students whose applications were complete by December 31 and who were admitted in the first meeting of the Admissions Committee. The competition for these positions is keen; at most only one or two entering MLA students per year obtain such positions. Candidates do not submit special applications for university-wide positions; the Graduate School makes the selection from within the pool of admitted entering students. Out-of-state tuition waivers For residents of some southeastern states other than Georgia, Georgia's MLA program is considered a unique program under the Southeastern Academic Common Market. Residents of participating states who are admitted to the MLA program and who are approved by their state coordinators may enroll here on an in-state tuition basis. Residents of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina and Tennessee may be specifically eligible. For information contact the university's Graduate School at (706) 542-4795, or the Southern Regional Education Board at 1340 Spring Street, N.W., Atlanta, GA 30309, or the State Commissioner of Higher Education in your home state. For residents of other states, the university's Graduate School assigns regents' out-of-state tuition waivers to a limited number of highly qualified admitted students based on academic merit and other criteria. The Graduate School selects these assistants exclusively from among the students whose applications were complete by December 31 and who were admitted in the first meeting of the Admissions Committee. The competition for these positions is keen; at most only one or two entering MLA students per year obtain such positions. Candidates do not submit special applications for tuition waivers; the Graduate School makes the selection from within the pool of admitted entering students. Georgia residency status, with the associated in-state tuition, may be available to students who move to Georgia from other states, who have been at the university for a year or more, and who comply strictly with University System requirements. These provisions are listed in the university's Graduate Bulletin. Internal scholarships and fellowships In the second and third years of the MLA program, Georgia students are eligible for scholarships and fellowships that are funded by gifts, and administered by or with the School of Environmental Design for the exclusive benefit of Georgia students. These programs support various combinations of tuition, travel (ordinarily on the school's summer abroad program), and individual research. Examples of funding organizations are:
In addition, student travel to present papers at conferences, participate in exhibitions, and conduct on-site thesis research at distant locations is supported by a modest budget in the MLA program. External scholarships and fellowships Georgia MLA students are eligible for, and are traditionally successful in obtaining, scholarships, fellowships, and post-graduate internships from additional organizations such as the following:
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