The doctoral committee should include one member from outside the Department. The chairman may be changed in accordance with the research area chosen by the student. In general, the Advisory Committee will become the Examining Committee after appointment by the Dean. All graduate students will complete a Tentative Plan of Study in consultation with their advisor. This will normally be completed early in the student's degree program, shortly after the Advisory Committee is appointed.
Copies are to be prepared for each committee member and for the departmental file.
The updated Tentative Plan of Study will be filed with the Graduate College as the Plan of Study required in the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College. The student should check carefully with the Graduate College Requirements for Manuscripts of Graduate Theses and his Advisory Committee Chairman on matters pertaining to thesis format and detail. It is emphasized that all committee members should have the privilege of examining corrected drafts in addition to appropriate earlier drafts before the thesis is submitted to the Graduate College. In addition to the Graduate College requirements, the student is required to prepare one bound copy of the approved thesis for Civil and Environmental Engineering Departmental use and others as required by the Examining Committee. Requirements in Foreign Languages and Other Tools of Research Research tools and foreign languages are not required of doctoral candidates.