11/15 OGS GO-16M
APPOINTMENT OF MASTER’S THESIS COMMITTEE
The student’s program must submit this form to the Office of Graduate Studies by the appropriate due date on the Graduate Candidates’
Deadlines for the intended term of graduation; see the OGS website for dates.
The thesis committee must consist of at least three and not more than five faculty members. The chair of the thesis committee must be
regular, full-time PSU instructional faculty, tenured or tenure-track, assistant professor or higher in rank; the other committee members
may be adjunct and/or fixed-term faculty. Two of the committee members (the committee chair and one other member) must be from the
student’s department; the third member may be from the student’s department or may be PSU faculty from another department or OHSU
faculty. If it is necessary to go off campus for one additional committee member with specific expertise not available among PSU faculty,
a CV for that proposed member must be presented with the GO-16M form; that member must be in addition to the required three PSU
faculty members. All committee members must have master’s degrees or higher.
The student must deliver a final draft of the thesis to all members of the approved committee no fewer than 14 days before the thesis
defense.
Students must be registered for a minimum of 1 graduate credit in the term they are defending their thesis.
THE THESIS COMMITTEE MUST BE APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES BEFORE THE FINAL DEFENSE.
Any committee changes, for any reason, must be approved in advance by the Office of Graduate Studies.
Name ____________________________________________________________ PSU ID# _____________________________
PSU
E-mail (print clearly)____________________________________________ Daytime phone _________________________
Degree _________________ Major ________________________________________________________________________
If degree is MA/MAT, second language requirement must be met before this form can be approved. Language: ___________________
Thesis title or topic _______________________________________________________________________________________
Will Human Subjects be involved in any way? Yes No (must select one) If yes, HSRRC approval MUST be attached.
Estimated date of defense __________________ Do not schedule defense without OGS approval of this form.
COMMITTEE MEMBER DEPARTMENT
Chair: __________________________________________________ _____________________________________
__________________________________________________ _____________________________________
__________________________________________________ _____________________________________
__________________________________________________ _____________________________________
__________________________________________________ _____________________________________
NO
THESIS DEFENSE SHALL BE VALID WITHOUT A THESIS COMMITTEE APPROVED BY
THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES.
______________________________________ ___________________________________________ ____________
Thesis Chair (printed name) Thesis Chair (signature) Date
______________________________________ ___________________________________________ ____________
Department Chair (printed name) Department Chair (signature) Date
Graduate Studies approval
Dean of Graduate Studies ________________________________________________ Date ______________________
