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Each student is assigned a supervisory committee whose members guide the student's research program. An M.S. student's supervisory committee administers his or her comprehensive examination; for Ph.D. students, the committee conducts the student's specialized comprehensive examination, the oral qualifying examination, and the dissertation defense. Supervisory committees consist of three faculty members in the case of M.S. committees, and five for Ph.D. committees. The latter must include a member from outside the Department of Computer Science. Any computer science regular faculty member may serve as a supervisory committee chair. Other faculty may chair supervisory committees if accorded that privilege by the regular faculty. Individuals who are not faculty members may serve on supervisory committees if nominated by the regular faculty on the committee, and endorsed by the Graduate Studies Committee and department chair.
Final approval of all supervisory committees is granted by the Dean of the Graduate School. Both M.S. and Ph.D. students must form this committee by the end of the second quarter of study, although a committee may be revised later by petition to the Graduate Studies Committee.
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