A Committee of three to five faculty members, two of whom must be from the Department of Nutritional Sciences, serves as the student’s Thesis Committee. The student selects faculty members who are willing to serve on the committee. The student is responsible for selecting faculty to serve on the thesis committee. All prospective committee members sign the "Thesis Committee Request Form", which may be obtained from Departmental staff. The committee must consist of a Chair/Major Professor (from the NS Department) and at least one other graduate faculty member from NS. One individual outside the Department of Nutritional Sciences may be asked to serve on the student's thesis committee. If a faculty does not hold a graduate faculty appointment, the Chair/Major Professor will request a special appointment from the Dean of the Graduate College upon solicitation by the graduate student or the graduate student's major professor. A special appointment is usually reserved for individuals who are adjunct faculty possessing unique knowledge of an area of interest.
