Effective at the beginning of the spring 2010 semester, all members of thesis/dissertation committees at the University of Louisiana at Â鶹´«Ã½app shall be voting members of said committees with the privilege of signing the approval pages of theses/dissertations. Committee membership shall consist of: (1) at least three members of the graduate faculty at UL Â鶹´«Ã½app and (2) UL Â鶹´«Ã½app graduate faculty members shall always constitute a simple majority of the committee membership regardless of number of total committee members (e.g., in case of a seven member committee, four would have to be from UL Â鶹´«Ã½app).
Effective at the beginning of the spring 2010 semester, committee members from outside the University of Louisiana at Â鶹´«Ã½app faculty may serve as "outside members" of thesis/dissertation committees with the privileges of voting and signing theses and dissertations. These members shall be chosen based upon their qualifications by the thesis/dissertation committee.
Effective with the start of the spring 2010 semester, only graduate faculty at the University of Louisiana at Â鶹´«Ã½app may serve as chair and /or co-chair of thesis/dissertation committees. This includes adjunct faculty who are members of the UL Â鶹´«Ã½app Graduate Faculty.
Effective with the start of the fall 2009 semester, membership of any graduate comprehensive examination committee at the University of Louisiana at Â鶹´«Ã½app shall consist of at least two members of the graduate faculty at UL Â鶹´«Ã½app and these graduate faculty members shall constitute a simple majority of the committee. In all cases, the committee must be chaired by a member of the UL Â鶹´«Ã½app Graduate Faculty.
Effective with the start of the fall 2009 semester, theses and dissertations must be approved by a minimum of three committee members.