Research Adviser and Supervisory CommitteeThe chair and a majority of the members of a student's supervisory committee must be from disciplines certified as eligible to participate in the Ph.D. program. The student's research adviser must be a regular doctoral faculty member from the student's coordinating unit discipline.The adviser assists the student in identifying other members of the doctoral faculty to form a supervisory committee appropriate to the student's research goals. A request for appointment of supervisory committee is included as part of the written proposal for the student's Ph.D. plan of study. The supervisory committee shall consist of at least five members of the doctoral faculty, with a maximum of three from any one discipline and at least one from each chosen discipline. An outside reader may also be included on the supervisory committee as a non-voting member. With one exception, that no more than one member of an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. student's supervisory committee may be an adjunct doctoral faculty member, and the adjunct member may not be counted toward the mandated representation from each discipline on the committee. Students with religious studies as their coordinating unit discipline may include two adjunct doctoral faculty members from religious studies on their supervisory committees. An adjunct doctoral faculty member can serve as co-chair but not as sole chair of an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. supervisory committee.
Annual Evaluation of ProgressDuring the spring semester, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. students, using forms provided by the School of Graduate Studies, must submit a summary of their accomplishments over the previous year and a projection of the progress they intend to make during the next academic year. Forms are submitted to their interim advisers or, if their supervisory committees have been formed, to the chairs of their supervisory committee. The faculty adviser or supervisory committee chair will review the student's report and meet with the student to discuss the student's progress and plans for the coming year. They will provide the student and the School of Graduate Studies with a copy of the completed evaluation form. This process should be completed by no later than the end of the spring semester each year. Failure to meet this requirement may result in a hold being placed on the student's enrollment.
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