Financial Aid

Curriculum & Instruction doctoral students are commonly highly-experienced teachers who are particularly well qualified for supervising and teaching preservice student teachers. The Curriculum & Instruction doctoral program will support y ou financially and professionally by systematically providing not only rich and rigorous research opportunities, but also integrated and funded opportunities for university-level teaching and supervision over the course of the doctoral program. We will d o so by drawing on three kinds of financial resources:

• school/department resources for graduate research assistantships
• practicum office funds for clinical faculty appointments or graduate assistantships as supervisors of teacher education prepracticum fieldwork experiences for undergraduate students
• part-time teaching funds for appointments as instructors for undergraduate teacher education methods and senior seminar courses

Combinations of professional and research opportunities will function as an integral part of the doctoral students’ experience and will be guided by faculty mentors in formal and informal contexts. For further information please contact: 6 17.552.3320 or 800.294.0294

Career Planning and Placement
The Boston College Career Center (38 Commonwealth Ave., next to St. Ignatius Church) offers information and services to you on career planning and job hunting.

Additional information is available at its Website.

Also check the Boston College Chronicle (the biweekly University community newspaper) for announcements of Career Center tours, presentations, and workshops.

You have access to the following Career Center services:

• Current job listings—Binders in the Career Center contain listings of current jobs in various fields, including teacher education.
• Career advising—You can meet with career advisors at the center for assistance with all aspects of the career planning process, from self assessment to the actual job search.
• Career information network—You can contact a network of alumni and parents who have volunteered to provide informational interviews about their careers.
• Career resource library—The center maintains a library of resources on careers and job hunting. It also carries many publications containing job listings in specific fields, both within the United States and internationally.
• Reciprocity—If you live 50 miles or more away from BC, the center can issue a letter of reciprocity that will grant access to the Career Center of an institution closer to your home.
• Credentials service—You can keep recommendation letters on file at the Career Center to be sent to potential employers or graduate schools upon request (for a moderate fee).

Student Organizations

Graduate Education Association (GEA) (Website)
GEA represents and serves graduate students in the Lynch School. It supports activities and opportunities to mingle with and learn from fellow students and faculty members from all departments.

GEA provides funding for students to participate in and attend professional and scholarly conferences. It also co-sponsors with the Lynch School the annual Lynch School Graduate Forum in the Spring semester where graduate students are selected t o present term papers, research projects, or theses to a supportive forum of faculty members and graduate students. The GEA office is Campion Hall 107.

Graduate Student Association (GSA) (Website)
GSA is a student government organization, composed of representatives from all of the graduate schools at the University, which sponsors many social, cultural, and scholarly events and programs for graduate students.

Computer Facilities
While Boston College and the Lynch School have computer resources and facilities available to graduate students, you should strongly consider purchasing your own computer. With Internet access at home or work, you will be able to access Universit y and world-wide databases, as well as have online access to your academic, accounting, and financial aid information.

Campion Hall, in which the Lynch School is located, is one of several buildings at the University that provides wireless connection to the Internet. If your portable computer is properly configured, you can access the Internet while in the build ing without a hard-wire connection.

Consultants at the Help Center (552-help) can help you select the hardware and software you need. It’s located in the lower level of Gasson Hall.

The Student Learning and Support Center (O’Neill Library) has more than 150 workstations (mostly Macintosh). The slsc is heavily used by more than 8,000 undergraduates at the University so be prepared to wait, particularly during midterms and final exams. There are “print-only” and “e-mail” stations, as well as printers for documents of fewer than 25 pages.

The Lynch School Educational Resource Center is located on the lower level of Campion Hall. Along with a variety of other educational resources, erc has more than 25 computers available for your use.