Appendix B: Committee Configurations | Berkeley Social Welfare

Committee Configurations that Meet Graduate Division Policy

The Graduate Division has a number of policies related to committee member participation. The constellation of these policies results in a limited number of committee configurations for your Qualifying Examination Committee and Dissertation Committee. Below are the lists of these available configurations.

Qualifying Examination Committees

Qualifying Examination 4-Member Committee
Member 1 (QE Chair; Cannot be Sole Dissertation Chair, Could be Dissertation Co-Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 2 (Usually Dissertation Chair; Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 3 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty or UC Berkeley Senate faculty from another department or Someone Meeting the Standards to Request Exceptional Committee Membership
Member 4 (Academic Senate Representative)	UC Berkeley Senate Faculty, Non-Social Welfare

Qualifying Examination 5-Member Committee
Member 1 (QE Chair; Cannot be Sole Dissertation Chair, Could be Dissertation Co-Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 2 (Usually Dissertation Chair; Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 3 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 4 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty or UC Berkeley Senate faculty from another department or Someone Meeting the Standards to Request Exceptional Committee Membership
Member 5 (Academic Senate Representative)	UC Berkeley Senate Faculty, Non-Social Welfare

Dissertation Committees

Dissertation Committee 3-Member, Single Chair
Member 1 (Dissertation Chair, Cannot be QE Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 2 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 3 (Academic Senate Representative)	UC Berkeley Senate Faculty, Non-Social Welfare

Dissertation Committee 4-Member, Single Chair
Member 1 (Dissertation Chair, Cannot be QE Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 2 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 3 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty or UC Berkeley Senate faculty from another department or Someone Meeting the Standards to Request Exceptional Committee Membership
Member 4 (Academic Senate Representative)	UC Berkeley Senate Faculty, Non-Social Welfare

Dissertation Committee 4-Member, Co-Chairs Who Are Both Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 1 (Dissertation Co-Chair, Could Be QE Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 2 (Dissertation Co-Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 3 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty or UC Berkeley Senate faculty from another department or Someone Meeting the Standards to Request Exceptional Committee Membership
Member 4 (Academic Senate Representative)	UC Berkeley Senate Faculty, Non-Social Welfare

Dissertation Committee 4-Member, Co-Chairs Who Are Not Both Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 1 (Dissertation Co-Chair, Could Be QE Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 2 (Dissertation Co-Chair)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty or UC Berkeley Senate faculty from another department or Someone Meeting the Standards to Request Exceptional Committee Membership
Member 3 (Inside Member)	UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Senate Faculty
Member 4 (Academic Senate Representative)	UC Berkeley Senate Faculty, Non-Social Welfare

Students wishing to have a Dissertation Committee of 5 members or more should consult the GSAO and Doctoral Chair.