Thesis Committee

....The purpose of a Thesis Committee is to guide the development of the thesis work, evaluate the written thesis proposal (for Ph.D. students) and the written thesis. Upon approval of the thesis, the Thesis Committee provides a memo to the University Library stating that the thesis is acceptable. In the MME Department, the Thesis Committee serves as both the Supervisory and Research Committees as defined in the FIU Graduate Policies and Procedures Manual. For the purposes of this MME Department Graduate Handbook, the terms “thesis” and “dissertation” are considered to be equivalent. Committee Appointments

....Thesis Committees must be chosen prior to completing 15 credits for MS students. A minimum of three members must be nominated for MS Thesis Committees (2 members minimum from major field, 1 member from minor field if declared). Thesis Committees must be chosen prior to the Proposal Defense for Ph.D. students. A minimum of five members must be nominated for Ph.D. Thesis Committees, with a minimum of one member being from outside the MME Department. Appointed members of Thesis Committees must be eligible to teach a graduate level course, must be experienced in directed independent study, and must have a recent record of scholarly work. Appointed members of Ph.D. Thesis Committees must have terminal degrees in their fields of expertise (Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D., etc.). Nominations for thesis committees are made using the FIU Division of Graduate Studies Form C. This form should be submitted to the MME Graduate Program Coordinator following the advisor’s approval.