PROGRAM LISTING REQUEST INFORMATION APPLYING TO MARQUETTE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS APPLICATION DEADLINES

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. - Qualifications for Committee Members

The student and adviser/dissertation chair must identify a five-member committee (adviser plus four others) who not only assumes the responsibility for overseeing the quality of the INPR program, but also actively administers the degree. Since the interdisciplinary committee performs all functions normally provided by traditional graduate programs, it must exist from the beginning of the program and be subject to review by the University Board of Graduate Studies.  pecific requirements include the following:

1. The dissertation committee must consist of five voting members. If additional expertise is needed consultants may be appointed. 
2. At least 4 of the 5 members of the committee must be regular Marquette faculty.
3. One non-Marquette committee member is the maximum normally approved for inclusion on the committee.   
4. Committee members who are faculty members from Marquette or from another university must have competence in the proposed domain area, hold a terminal degree in their discipline, and should be active scholars with a record during the past five years of at least three refereed articles, creative activities/performances (as appropriate to the discipline), or one refereed article, and two other contributions consisting of grants, books, book chapters, or presentations in an area related to the proposed dissertation. If a non-Marquette member is not a faculty member at another university, he or she may serve as a subject area expert without meeting the above record of scholarly activity provided that the individual holds a terminal degree.
5. Members who do not meet the above criteria may be appointed to the committee as non-voting members.
6. At least one member must have working knowledge of the research methodology proposed in the dissertation.
7. There must be a committee representative from each discipline that is a part of the interdisciplinary degree being proposed.
8. It is understood that it may be necessary to replace some members of the committee.  This will be done by requesting an amendment to the initial approval.