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After approval of the candidacy abstract by your supervisor, consult with your supervisor and the graduate advisor about who should serve on your PhD committee. Your dissertation committee must consist of at least four faculty members. Three of these (one being your supervisor who serves as Chair) must be members of the MS&E GSC and one must be from outside the MS&E GSC. To see an up-to-date list of who is a member of the GSC, see http://tmi.utexas.edu/people/type/faculty/; make sure you select “Graduate Program Faculty” from the pull down menu to reveal those faculty who are members of the GSCplease see here. On rare occasions, you may wish to include a committee member who is not on the faculty at UT Austin. Such a member must have academic and professional standing that is equivalent to that of a faculty member and must be approved by the graduate school. If you are considering including a non-UT member on your committee, please see the graduate advisor, as there is additional paperwork that must be completed. If you would like advice or have questions about the committee membership, please also see the graduate advisor.
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