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.
- Committee must be composed of at least 3 COPH faculty members, and one faculty member external to the college.
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
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