All doctoral students and master’s thesis (Plan I) students must officially nominate committees
Senate Regulation 300.B details the requirements for master’s thesis committees, and Senate Regulation 350.D.2 details the requirements for doctoral committees (the requirements for master’s thesis and doctoral committees are the same). Additional details and explanations can be found on the Graduate Division’s website.
For Doctoral Students, committees should be nominated before the student takes their qualifying exams to advance to doctoral candidacy.
For master’s thesis students (Plan I), committees should be nominated before they file their thesis. Students completing a master’s degree via comprehensive exam or project (Plan II) do not need to nominate a committee.
Expectations for Departmental Staff Graduate Advisors
Staff Graduate Advisors are expected to advise students on the departmental policies and Graduate Council regulations for nominating valid thesis and doctoral committees.
Staff Graduate Advisors can initiate committee nominations and changes on behalf of the student, so you need to determine if you will advise your students to start the process on their own via GradPoint Students, or if you will initiate the nominations via GradPoint Academics.
Staff Graduate Advisors must complete the second step of the workflow, and will coordinate the collection of any exception request memos and CVs as needed when a committee needs an exception.
Expectations for Department Chairs
Expectations for Committee Members