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Stage
2: Committee on Studies
By the end of the second semester of full-time
study, you should have selected your major advisor and your Committee on
Studies. There will be a minimum of three members of the Committee on Studies,
including your advisor. The chair (your advisor) and at least one other
member of the Committee on Studies must be members of the Educational Linguistics
faculty. The members of this committee, in particular your major advisor,
should participate in designing your program of doctoral study.
The basic role of the committee is to
plan, with the student, an integrated individual program of study that
meets general UNM requirements and the specific requirements of the Ph.D.
program in Educational Linguistics. The committee must approve the program
and oversee its execution. The committee is also charged with establishing
prerequisites when needed, recommending transfer of credit, certifying
satisfaction of the research skills requirements, approving significant
changes in the program of studies, and administering the doctoral comprehensive
examination. The role of the Committee on Studies is to insure that the
student acquires an appropriate depth and breadth of study during the time
spent at UNM. The student and the committee are mutually obligated to consult
with each other to promote the student’s progress.
Appointment of the Committee on Studies
usually involves the following steps:
(1) You arrange for an appropriate
faculty member to serve as committee chair. This may or may not be your
first-year advisor.
(2) You and the committee chair agree
upon the remaining members of the committee.
(3) The committee must be approved by
the program coordinator.
(4) The committee must be approved by
OGS (as part of the approval of the Application for Candidacy). Your progress
will be reviewed by your Committee on Studies after each semester during
the first year and annually thereafter; advisement recommendations will
result from this periodic review.
The doctoral Committee on Studies is automatically
disbanded once the comprehensive exam is passed, and you must establish
a Dissertation Committee that will provide you guidance through the final
stages of progress toward the Ph.D. It is, of course, possible to appoint
former members of the Committee on Studies to the new Dissertation Committee.
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