Graduate Faculty Roles
Throughout the course of the graduate program, each student will be working with a faculty advisor, a faculty paper tutor and an examination committee. The role of these individuals is as follows:
a. Faculty advisor—helps student develop and approve the plan of study.
b. Faculty paper tutor (if required by the program)—provides guidance and expertise about the format and content of the graduate paper. (This may or may not be the same person as the faculty advisor).
c. Examination committee (if required by the program)—evaluates the synthesis portfolio (or comprehensive written exam), the graduate paper, and the comprehensive oral exam.
Those who serve as advisors, paper tutors, or members of either the Admission Committee or the Examination Committee will be tenured or tenure-track faculty members with a terminal degree in their respective discipline. The program Admission Committee is composed of three faculty members: the director of the graduate program and two other graduate faculty members. The program Admission Committee is appointed by the director of graduate education in consultation with the program director. The Examination Committee is composed of three faculty members including the student’s Faculty Paper Tutor and two graduate faculty members with appropriate disciplinary knowledge. An Examination Committee may include one faculty member who does not have a terminal degree and is not tenured or tenure-track if that faculty member has expertise relevant to the student’s project. The Examination Committee is appointed by the program director in consultation with the student.