Supervisory Committee Information and Form

Appointment

Supervisory committees for graduate degree programs are nominated by the respective department chair, approved by the college dean and appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School. The Dean of the Graduate School is an ex-officio member of all supervisory committees. Only those membersof the faculty who have been appointed to the graduate faculty may serve as members of a supervisory committee unless a special appointment is completed and approved.The deadline date for appointing a supervisory committee is at the end of the student's first term. If a minor is designated for any degree, the committee must include one member as the representative for that proposed minor. If two minors are designated, two representatives must be appointed to the committee.

Membership

 The chair of the supervisory committee must have graduate faculty status in the student’s major department. Committee membership requirements are listed below:

• Non-thesis Master's degree- Chair
• Thesis Master's degree- Chair and one member
• Engineer degree- Chair, a member and an external member
• PhD degree - A chair, two members and an external member

Special Appointments

The chair of a student’s supervisory committee with permission of the department and college may ask for a professor with special qualifications not holding graduate faculty status to serve on a student’s committee. To do this, go online to http://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu and click on appropriate form link. Please return the completed form and all other information if applicable to the Graduate Records and Advising Center – 480D Weil Hall.

Committee Changes

If a student anticipates making a change in his or her graduate committee, he or she must do so no later than the semester before graduation is planned. The Graduate School does not accept committee changes during the student’s final semester unless accompanied by a letter stipulating why the change must be made in the final semester. The only time a letter does not need to be included is when the student is only adding a member to his or her committee. The deadline to file a revised committee form is before the first day of classes of the semester in which the student is graduating.