MS thesis committee form due by semester before graduation.
PhD committee form due before Admission to Candidacy.
MS and PhD: Any final changes to committee due in semester before graduation.
Updated 12/4/20
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
G
RADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT FORM
NEW APPOINTMENT
Please type or print all information, except where noted for signature
Part I. STUDENT AND DEGREE INFORMATION
Name U-ID#
Email Address
College
EN
Department
(abbreviate)
Graduate
Program
(Major)
Department Mail
Code
ENB 118
Entered Degree
Program (e.g.
Fall 2000)
Degree Sought
(MS or PhD)
Part II.
COMMITTEE
INFORMATION
Dissertation Committee: 5 committee members required.
At least 2 departments from College of Engineering represented.
At least 3 members, including Major Professor or a Co-Major
Professor, must be from the student’s academic area.
At least 1 member from outside College of Engineering.
For any member who is not USF Graduate Faculty, see next
page(s)!
Thesis Committee: 3 committee members required.
Major Professor or a Co-Major Professor must be from the
student’s academic area.
Committee members should be from the general research area
in which the degree is sought.
For any member who is not USF Graduate Faculty, see next
page(s)!
Full name
Signature of Approval
All members must sign for themselves
USF Dept (or
institution, if
outside USF).
Date Signed
Major Professor
OR
Co-Major Professor
AND
Co-Major Professor
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Part III. APPROVALS
Full name Signature of Approval Date Signed
Prog.
Director/Dept.
Chairperson
College Associate
Dean for Acad.
Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja
(Dept will handle this signature (do not send through DocuSign!)
AFFILIATE GRADUATE FACULTY APPROVAL REQUEST
USF Graduate Faculty are tenured or tenure-track, usually Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
Graduate Studies approval is required for anyone who is not a USF Graduate Faculty member to serve on a committee as Affiliate
Graduate Faculty (Catherine Burton in the College of Engineering Dean’s Office has a current list of those who have been
approved as Affiliate Graduate Faculty). Non-USF Graduate Faculty include:
I
nstructor,
Research Professor,
Retired Professor,
Post-doc,
Visiting Professor,
Individuals who are not at USF
A
ffiliate Graduate Faculty approval being requested for:
Current CV must be attached, showing academic publications in last 2 years
(If individual does not have a PhD or if CV does not show academic publications in last 2 years, statement must be
attached to CV from (Co)Major Professor explaining relevance of member to committee)
(attach additional pages, as needed)
AFFILIATE GRADUATE FACULTY APPROVAL REQUEST
U
SF Graduate Faculty are tenured or tenure-track, usually Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
G
raduate Studies approval is required for anyone who is not a USF Graduate Faculty member to serve on a committee as Affiliate
Graduate Faculty (Catherine Burton in the College of Engineering Dean’s Office has a current list of those who have been
approved as Affiliate Graduate Faculty). Non-USF Graduate Faculty include:
Instructor,
Research Professor,
Retired Professor,
Post-doc,
Visiting Professor,
Individuals who are not at USF
A
ffiliate Graduate Faculty approval being requested for:
Current CV must be attached, showing academic publications in last 2 years
(If individual does not have a PhD or if CV does not show academic publications in last 2 years, statement must be
attached to CV from (Co)Major Professor explaining relevance of member to committee)
(
attach additional pages, as needed)
AFFILIATE GRADUATE FACULTY APPROVAL REQUEST
USF Graduate Faculty are tenured or tenure-track usually Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
Graduate Studies approval is required for anyone who is not a USF Graduate Faculty member to serve on a committee as Affiliate
Graduate Faculty (Catherine Burton in the College of Engineering Dean’s Office has a current list of those who have been
approved as Affiliate Graduate Faculty). Non-USF Graduate Faculty include:
I
nstructor,
Research Professor,
Retired Professor,
Post-doc,
Visiting Professor,
Individuals who are not at USF
A
ffiliate Graduate Faculty approval being requested for:
Current CV must be attached, showing academic publications in last 2 years
(If individual does not have a PhD or if CV does not show academic publications in last 2 years, statement must be
attached to CV from (Co)Major Professor explaining relevance of member to committee)
(
attach additional pages, as needed)