Graduate Committee

This is an archived copy of the 2016-17 catalog. To access the most recent version of the catalog, please visit http://catalog.msstate.edu.

Membership

Each degree section of this publication lists committee membership requirements specific to that degree. The student and committee submit a completed committee request form to the Office of the Graduate School. If problems should arise concerning committee membership, the student should follow the academic appeal procedure.

Membership Changes

When a student’s committee membership must change, the change(s) are submitted to the Graduate School on the committee change form which requires signatures of the new and departing committee member(s) and the student. If, subsequent to the administration of the final or oral/written comprehensive examination, a student’s request to remove a member of the graduate committee is not met with the approval of that member, then the student must submit to the Dean of the Graduate School a written request containing suitable justification for removal of the committee member. The Dean of the Graduate School will then decide if removal is necessary and accordingly inform the student, the committee member, the major professor, and the graduate coordinator.

MSU Graduate Faculty

A faculty member must have a current Graduate Faculty appointment to serve on a student’s graduate committee. MSU Graduate Faculty members are listed by college/department in this Catalog.