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There is only one committee membership table. Although the table is listed as "Doctoral Committee Membership Table", it is used for Master committees. The difference is that the column for "One of Four UCSD Members" should be applied as "One of Three UCSD Members" for Master committees.

JDP committees will continue to use the former committee table prior to Fall 21.  They will not be using the new committee table implemented in Fall 21.  The former committee table can be accessed on our website or on this Collab page under "Joint Doctoral Program Committees."

Contact one of the Graduate Division advisors. We will verify the faculty's appointment in UCPath. Once the appointment has been confirmed, you can manually enter the faculty's information in the committee tool.

No. For example, if a student would like to have three UC San Diego faculty members and one UC faculty member, the student will be advised to select a fourth UC San Diego member.

Proposing a person to serve in a role s/he is ineligible for based on official job title. See the committee membership table. Example: a lecturer wants to serve as co-chair.

Proposing a person who has a job title that is not listed on the committee membership table. Example: a scientist or professor from a lab/institute; scientist from a university (no professorial title); individual outside of academia, like Google, etc.

Doctoral advancement exam taken before the committee was approved by Graduate Division.

Letters of exceptions are not needed for faculty at other academic institutions. A justification in the committee tool is sufficient.

For an exception for a committee member outside of UC San Diego:

• CV of the person being proposed.

• A letter explaining how the person is a good fit for the committee and what efforts have been made to adhere to the campus requirements (i.e. an explanation of why the campus requirements cannot be met). It should be addressed to the Grad Division Dean, written by the Committee Chair and endorsed by the Department Chair or Vice-Chair (either on the letter itself or within the online tool). The letter can include, but is not limited to: what the person will contribute to the research, if currently collaborating with the student, and commitment to serving through the final defense.

For advancing to candidacy without an approved committee:

• A letter explaining the situation. It should be addressed to the Grad Division Dean, written by the Committee Chair and endorsed by the Department Chair or Vice-Chair (either on the letter itself or within the online tool).

Exception letters and CVs should be uploaded as PDFs directly into the online committee tool. 

Professor of Clinical X includes, but is not limited to, the following title codes: 1453, 1454, 1455. It appears in the Faculty Title Lookup tool as Prof of Clin (see abbreviated title section below).

Clinical Professor includes, but is not limited to, the following title codes: 1732, 1733, 1734, 2000, 2010 2020, 2030, 2040, 2050.  It appears in the Faculty Title Lookup tool as HS Clin Prof (see abbreviated title section below.)

Research Scientists can only be one of four members (Doctoral) or one of three (Master's) if they also have a Lecturer or Educator appointment. The Lecturer/Educator appointment needs to be active, it cannot be pending approval. Both titles will be pulled up in the Faculty Title Lookup tool. If only the Research Scientist title is displayed it means there is no current Lecturer or Educator appointment and the person is ineligible to serve as one of four members (see below).

If the proposed member only has a Research Scientist appointment, then s/he can only serve as a 4th member (Master's) or 5th member (Doctoral).

Abbreviated titles refer to the titles that show up in the Faculty Title Lookup/Faculty Search Tool in the Committee App in Student Database. This search tool pulls the faculty member's appointment information from PPS. If you believe there are errors you will need to follow up with your academic personnel contact in the department. 

Professor series:

• Prof - Professor

• Assoc Prof - Associate Professor

• Asst Prof - Assistant Professor

• Prof Emeritus - Professor Emeritus

  • Note: this series is not broken down by full, associate, or assistant professor.  There is only one rank.

In-Residence Professor series:

• Prof In Res - Professor In Residence

• Assoc Prof In Res - Associate Professor In Residence

• Asst Prof In Res - Assistant Professor In Residence

Professor of Clinical "X" series:

• Prof of Clin - Professor of Clinical "X"

• Assoc Prof of Clin - Associate Professor of Clinical "X"

• Asst Prof of Clin - Assistant Professor of Clinical "X"

Teaching Professor series (including LPSOE and LSOE):

• Lect PSOE - Lecturer Potential Security of Employment

• Lect SOE - Lecturer Security of Employment

• Sr Lect SOE - Senior Lecturer Security of Employment

Acting Professor series:

• Act Prof - Acting Professor

• Act Assoc Prof - Acting Associate Professor

• Act Asst Prof - Acting Assistant Professor

Adjunct Professor Series (Full-Time Salaried Appointments in Health Sciences):  **Note: these adjunct professors must have -HCOMP and have a 100% appointment.  Otherwise they are considered as part of the Adjunct Series below.

• Adj Prof-HCOMP - Adjunct Professor (Health Sciences)

• Assoc Adj Prof-HCOMP - Associate Adjunct Professor (Health Sciences)

• Asst Adj Prof-HCOMP - Assistant Adjunct Professor (Health Sciences)

Adjunct series (including Non-Salaried Appointments in Health Sciences):

• Adj Prof - Adjunct Professor

• Assoc Adj Prof - Associate Adjunct Professor

• Asst Adj Prof - Assistant Adjunct Professor

Professor of Practice series: 

• They are pulled as Adjunct Professors in our tool. See the Adjunct series.

Health Sciences Clinical Professor series:

• HS Clin Prof - Clinical Professor

• HS Assoc Clin Prof - Associate Professor

• HS Asst Clin Prof - Assistant Professor

Visiting Professor series:

• Vis Prof - Visiting Professor

• Vis Assoc Prof - Visiting Associate Professor

• Vis Asst Prof - Visiting Assistant Professor

Professor from Another UC Campus or Non-UC Institution (All Series)

• Does not pull in our tool. Verify their title from their home campus' website.

Lecturer series:

• Lect - Lecturer

• Sr Lect - Senior Lecturer

Research Scientist Series (must also have Lecturer/Educator appointment):

• Res - Research Scientist

• Assoc Res - Associate Research Scientist

• Asst Rec - Assistant Research Scientist

Research Associate, Research Fellow, & Project Scientist/Scholar:

The specialty field is now optional. However, JDP committees are still required to input the specialty. 

The temporary COVID-19 authorization will remain in place through the end of Spring 22 quarter to allow remote participation for all committee members and students.

The  attendance policy for Master's defense and Doctoral qualifying exams/defenses is the following:

1. A committee member can participate in one of three ways: physically present (meaning they are in the room), telepresent (meaning they participate by live video teleconference), or in advance (if they must be absent on the exam date, it is permissible to examine the candidate in advance of the exam date).
2. At least half of the committee must be physically present.
3. The committee chair, or one co-chair, must be physically present.
4. The outside member must be physically present or telepresent (doctoral committees only).
5. If an emergency situation arises that affects the number of committee members present, the committee chair (or co-chairs) may decide how to proceed. There must be sufficient expertise among present members (either physically or telepresent) to examine the student.

Yes, unless the department/program has their own rule that requires an internal Chair.

Note: the outside member requirement can never be fulfilled by the committee Chair, as it is the Chair’s primary department that defines whether the other members are “outside”, according to the regulation

No, unless the department/program has their own rule that requires a co-chair in this instance. 

Looking up faculty in the "Faculty Title Look Up" tab in the committee tool will show you all of their appointments. Their primary appointment can be determined by the column "Job Indicator".

Example:

Yes, the Co-Chair may fulfill the outside member requirement, if their primary appointment is in a different department than the Committee Chair’s primary appointment. (However, the outside member requirement can never be fulfilled by the committee Chair, as it is the Chair’s primary department that defines whether the other members are “outside”, according to the regulation.)

Yes.

Yes. Additional external committee members beyond the required 4 UC San Diego faculty members can be requested to serve, including from another UC campus, non-UC academic institutions and industry. Appointment of external members from other academic institutions  must be justified with a written explanation at the time of requesting the constitution and must be approved by the Graduate Division.  External members from industry, labs, etc. need a formal letter and CV at the time of requesting the constitution and must be approved by the Graduate Division.