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Doctoral Committee Form (complete in Archivum)

Within the second year of the program, as you approach finishing your coursework, you should establish a doctoral committee. The doctoral committee will consist of a minimum of one Faculty Chair and one Faculty Member (or two Faculty Co-Chairs) from the faculty of the COPH, as well as an external public health professional who is a mentor to the student:

• Faculty Chair: You need a Faculty Chair (or co-chairs) to lead your doctoral committee. This role is typically filled by your Faculty Advisor.
  
• Faculty Members: You need two additional faculty members from the COPH to be on your doctoral committee. One of these positions can also be filled by a Faculty Co-Chair if you have two faculty advisors.
• External Member: In the PhD program, we require you to select at least one person outside of COPH to be your external member. That person must have a doctoral degree. 
• Other members: You are welcome to have other members of the committee if your Faculty Chair recommends it.

• Additional tips on forming a committee:
  • It is important that committee members work together in a collaborative and congenial manner.
  • Four or five committee members is an optimal number. Greater than five committee members can result in scheduling issues.
  • Once the committee is formed, the student should schedule an initial, in-person meeting with all committee members. After this initial meeting, the student and committee members may continue to meet as a group or the student may meet individually with each committee member. This is up to the student and/or committee member’s preferences and scheduling constraints.

DISSERTATION COMMITTEE FORM:
To get your doctoral committee approved, you must submit your committee appointment request through Archivum. If you would like to make changes to your committee , but did not submit the original form in Archivum, you will need to use this form: PhD Change of Committee Form