At least two members must hold at least 50% appointment in Anthropology at UCLA, one of whom must be Chair or Co‐Chair. A third member who has a 0% or greater appointment in Anthropology at UCLA is also required, or by exception students may petition the department to allow a UCLA faculty member outside Anthropology to serve as a third “inside” member. One of the four members must hold an appointment outside of the UCLA Department of Anthropology. Faculty who hold multiple appointments count as an “inside” member if one of those appointments is in the UCLA Department of Anthropology.

All committee nominations and reconstitutions adhere to the Minimum Standards for Doctoral Committee Constitution, as well as two additional requirements. The additional requirements are: (1) All UCLA Ph.D. committee members must not hail from the same primary home department; and (2) At least two of the committee members must be core faculty members of the Archaeology Program.

Biomathematics doctoral committees must contain a minimum of two members, including the Committee Chair or a Co-Chair, from the Department of Biomathematics. A maximum of one member may be from outside UCLA.

At least two of the committee members must have their primary appointments in the Department of Biostatistics. At least one of the committee members must have a primary appointment outside of the Department of Biostatistics.

Two members, including the chair, must hold appointments at UCLA in the student’s major department in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

At least two of the committee members must be from the Department of Classics.

A doctoral committee consists of a minimum of four members. The chair must be a ladder faculty member of the Department of Communication Studies with a >0% appointment. The second member can be a 0% joint appointment in the department. The remaining two members can be ladder faculty from either within or outside of the department, and can be from a department outside of UCLA. At least one member of the committee must be from outside of the department. This new Ph.D. Program adheres to the UCLA guidelines and policies for constitution of doctoral committees developed by the Division of Graduate Education as published in the Standards & Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA

Three of the four committee members must hold appointments in Community Health Sciences; one must be an outside member who holds no appointment in the School of Public Health; one of the four must be from the minor field.

The doctoral committee is comprised of two faculty members from the department and two faculty members from inside or outside of the department.

At least three committee members must hold appointments in the UCLA Computer Science Department.

The doctoral committee must have two co-chairs. One of the co-chairs must have an appointment in the Program. Students are strongly encouraged to identify a co-chair from a different UCLA academic unit, reflecting the cross-disciplinary and synergistic nature of the program.

The Chair, and one other committee member, always must hold a current Academic Senate faculty appointment at UCLA in the same department or interdepartmental program as the student.

Of the three members required by the university to hold current UCLA Academic Senate faculty appointments, a minimum of two must hold these appointments in the English Department.

Two of the UCLA faculty members must hold either a full, split, joint, adjunct, or affiliate faculty appointment in the IoES.

In addition to the university’s minimum standards for the nomination of the Doctoral Committee, the Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Department will require the following:

1. One of the four doctoral committee members must hold an appointment at UCLA in an outside department. Students may petition to request that Faculty with joint appointments in EHS be considered as outside members.
2. At least one of the four doctoral committee members must be a Faculty member from the EHS Department.

The three UCLA faculty members must hold either a full, split, joint, or adjunct faculty appointment in the IoES.

Two of the four doctoral committee members must hold an academic appointment in Epidemiology.

1. Three of the four doctoral committee members must hold appointments at UCLA in the student’s major department, or otherwise by petition; and
2. One of the four doctoral committee members must hold an appointment at UCLA in a department “outside” the student’s major department. (Faculty who hold multiple appointments count as “inside ” if one of those appointments is in the student ‘s department.)

Students in the Music and Anthropology specialization: Beyond the three internal members of the dissertation committee (or otherwise by petition), the outside member of the dissertation committee, which is required in the department, must be a faculty member of UCLA’s Department of Anthropology, or an anthropologist in another UCLA department approved by the student’s dissertation committee chair(s). An anthropologist from outside UCLA may also serve as the outside member of the dissertation committee.

The committee must include three members from the department, including the chair, and one faculty member from outside the department.

Two of the four doctoral committee faculty must hold a 0% or higher appointment in Gender Studies.

1. All doctoral committees require a minimum of four members holding current UCLA Academic Senate faculty appointments limited to Professor (any rank), Professor or Associate Professor Emeritus, Professor in Residence (any rank), or Acting Professor or Acting Associate Professor. Three members (internal members) must hold appointments within the Geography Department (affiliated, zero-appointment faculty in the Department are considered internal members), one of whom must be the chair.
2. One of the four doctoral committee members must hold an appointment either at UCLA in a department “outside” the student’s major department, or at another UC campus or university outside of the UC system who holds an appropriate appointment as listed above. (Faculty who hold multiple appointments count as “inside” if one of those appointments is in the student’s department.)

All committee nominations and reconstitutions must include three members from the department, including the chair, and one faculty from outside the department.

The doctoral committee consists of at least four faculty members who hold professorial appointments. Two of the faculty must be tenured. Three of the four must hold appointments in Health Policy and Management; at least one must hold an appointment in another department at UCLA. Students may, however, petition the department for exceptions.

At least two members (including the Chair) must hail from the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

All committee nominations and reconstitutions must include three members from the department, including the chair, and one faculty from outside the department.

1. Two committee members must have their primary appointment with Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).
2. The third member must either have a primary appointment from MSE or have a joint appointment with MSE.
3. The fourth member must have a primary appointment outside the department (joint faculty appointment included).

1. A member of the department’s Graduate Training Committee (GTC) must be on the committee. The GTC member can be removed following the student’s ATC if both the student and GTC member agree.
2. At least one committee member must be from outside the department

Together, the student and dissertation research adviser convene a five member doctoral committee. Upon advancement to candidacy, the dissertation research adviser joins the doctoral committee as either the fifth member, or by replacing one of the existing four members of the committee. The fourth committee member must hold either a current UCLA Academic Senate faculty appointment, or its academic equivalent at another accredited university or college (UC or non-UC).

No UCLA members may be an Adjunct Professor (any rank) or Professor of Clinical X (any rank).

The doctoral committee consists of a minimum of four faculty comprised of the program’s affiliated faculty who are qualified in the student’s selected research area. Students may petition to the MCIP IDP Chair to have an “outside” (non-affiliated faculty) member serve as one of the four faculty members. The chair of the student’s committee must be an affiliated faculty member of the MCIP IDP.

At least three of the four doctoral committee members must hold an appointment in the Molecular Toxicology IDP.

1. The Chair (or one of the Co-Chairs) must come from the home department (this is the new minimum set by Graduate Council).
2. At least one other member of the committee must be “inside,” but with respect to this member’s affiliation, “inside” can mean belonging to any of the three departments (Ethnomusicology/Music/Musicology) in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
3. At least one of the members of the committee must be “outside,” but with respect to this member’s affiliation, those holding a 0% appointment in the department will be considered “outside.”
4. The fourth member (and any additional members) of the committee may be either inside or outside.

1. The Chair (or one of the Co-Chairs) must come from the home department (this is the new minimum set by the Graduate Council).
2. At least one of the other member of the committee must be “inside” but with respect to this member’s affiliation, “inside” can mean belonging to any of the three departments in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
3. At least one of the members of the committee must be “outside,” but with respect to this member’s affiliation, those holding a 0% appointment in the department will be considered “outside.”
4. The fourth member (and any additional members) of the committee may be either inside or outside.

1. At least two members of the doctoral committee must be from the Department of Psychology; at least one of these members must have a primary (50% or more) appointment in Psychology.
2. At least one of the Psychology faculty committee members must have a primary (50%) appointment in the student’s Area.

Three committee members (including the Chair and at least one other UCLA member) can serve as certifying members in lieu of the full committee.

A minimum of two committee members must hold appointments within the Social Welfare Department. At least one committee member must come from an outside department.

1. At least two members must hold at least 50% appointment in Sociology at UCLA, one of whom must be Chair or Co‐Chair. A third member who has a 0% or greater appointment in Sociology at UCLA is also required, or by exception students may petition the department to allow a UCLA faculty member outside Sociology to serve as a third “inside” member.
2. At least one outside member is required. An outside member is a UCLA faculty member with no appointment in Sociology or 0% appointment in Sociology, or a faculty member from another institution.
   • A CV must be submitted for the outside member.

1. A second committee member must be a faculty member in a department of Urban Planning, either at UCLA or another institution.
2. One of the four committee members must hold an appointment in a department “outside” of the student’s major department. Faculty who hold multiple appointments count as “inside” if one of those appointments is in Urban Planning.