Master's/Doctoral Committee Formation

The Doctoral dissertation committee will include as a minimum:

1. A research supervisor or co-supervisors from the program, who is(are) a member of graduate faculty. The supervisor or at least one co-supervisor must have full graduate faculty status. Refer to the list of current graduate faculty members.
2. Two program readers - faculty members from the student's program.
3. One outside program reader from the University of Windsor. The outside program reader may not be cross appointed to the program in which the student is registered.
4. Additional members may be added with the approval of the program coordinator and the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council of Graduate Studies. The majority of the committee members must have graduate faculty status, as outlined above.
5. For the final oral defence of the dissertation the committee will be supplemented by an independent external examiner. Refer to the PhD external examiner timelines.

Committee approval process:

By the end of the first term of registration in the doctoral dissertation, the program will recommend the appointment of members of the doctoral committee, whose appointments must be approved by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. For students registered in a Master’s Thesis or a Doctoral Dissertation, the committee must be approved by graduate studies prior to the second term of registration in the thesis or dissertation.

The Doctoral Committee is requested by the student. In consultation with their academic program, the student will complete the Doctoral committee form (available from the "Student Forms" webpage under "Thesis and dissertation forms") and forward for approval to Graduate Studies through the UWinsite Student system.

The Master's Thesis committee will include as a minimum:

1. A research supervisor or co-supervisors from the program. The supervisor or at least one co-supervisor must have full graduate faculty status. Refer to the list of current graduate faculty members.
2. One program reader - a faculty member from the student's program.
3. One outside program reader from the University of Windsor. The outside program reader may not be cross appointed to the program in which the student is registered.
4. Additional members may be added with the approval of the program coordinator and the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
5. The majority of the committee members must have graduate faculty status, as outlined above.

Committee approval process:

By the end of the first term of registration in the Master's thesis, the program will recommend the appointment of members of the Master's committee, whose appointments must be approved by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. For students registered in a Master’s Thesis or a Doctoral Dissertation, the committee must be approved by graduate studies prior to the second term of registration in the thesis or dissertation.

The Master’s Committee is requested by the student. In consultation with their academic program, the student will complete the Master's committee form (available from the "Student Forms" webpage under "Thesis and dissertation forms") and forward for approval to Graduate Studies through the UWinsite Student system.

The Master's Major Paper committee will include:

1. A supervisor, who is a member of graduate faculty. 
2. One other program faculty member.
3. Additional members may be added with the approval of the program coordinator.

The Major Paper committee is approved internally by the academic department only and does not require formal approval by graduate studies.