Qualifications, Rights and Responsibilities

Minimum Category P Qualifications.

The faculty member:

• holds a tenure-track or research faculty appointment. 
• holds an earned PhD or DMA. 
• is engaged and primarily directs an active program of research, scholarship, or creative activity, or demonstrates significant promise of establishing such a program. 
• has engaged and demonstrated experience in mentoring graduate students. 

Rights and Responsibilities of Category P Graduate Faculty.

• acts as the primary advisor for master’s and doctoral students. 
• participates in the governance of graduate education at all levels within the university. 
• serves on doctoral examination committees. 
• serves as a GFR on second candidacy examinations and final oral examinations. 

Minimum Category M Qualifications.

The faculty member:

• holds a tenure-track or clinical faculty appointment. 
• holds a master’s degree or higher, or equivalent. 

Rights and Responsibilities of Category M Graduate Faculty.

• acts as the primary advisor for master’s students. 
• participates in the governance of graduate education at all levels within the university. 
• serves on doctoral examination committees at the discretion of the Graduate Studies Committee.