The student may select a dissertation chair from among full members of the Bloustein School graduate faculty. The dissertation chair may, but need not be, the the same person as the student's former academic adviser. In consultation with the dissertation chair and the doctoral program director, the student selects a dissertation committee of at least four members consisting of (1) the dissertation chair; (2) at least two additional members selected from the Bloustein School graduate faculty; and (3) an "outside" member who is not a member of the Bloustein School graudate faculty.
Once the committee is constituted, the student should write a memo to the doctoral program director specifying committee membership. This memo must be approved by both the faculty member who is denoted as chair of that thesis committee and the doctoral program director; and will then be placed in the student's file.
