A Handbook of Graduate Supervision at UBC, published the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, 1998. Here's a quick quiz to test your knowledge of who is responsible for what administrative decisions. Each of the following 10 statements is either True or False. Record your answers on a piece of scrap paper, then check your score at the end of the quiz. The Faculty of Graduate Studies determines the dissertation topic.
Department heads give final approval for graduation.
The supervisor is responsible for the student's program. The department graduate secretary chooses the date for the final doctoral defense. The Board of Governors handles discipline appeals. The graduate student's supervisor decides who has teaching assistantships. The research methodology for the Master's thesis is determined by the department.