Definitions
- Graduate Advisory Committee
- a committee of members of the Graduate Faculty who guide and direct the student's entire graduate program.
- Major Professor
- a member of the Graduate Faculty who has immediate supervision of the student's research and thesis or dissertation. The major professor is the chairperson of the student's Advisory Committee.
- Graduate Advisor
- a member of the Graduate Faculty and the faculty of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health appointed by the Department Head. The Graduate Advisor counsels incoming students to plan a course of study for the first semester, if necessary, before they have established a Graduate Advisory Committee. This person is the departmental liaison between the graduate student and the administration of the Department, the College and the University. The Graduate Advisor keeps track of and interprets the rules and regulations and serves as a constant counselor to all graduate students.
- Graduate Instruction Committee
- a standing committee of representatives from each of the departments in the College of Veterinary Medicine. This committee discusses matters regarding grad- uate instruction and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee (which consists of the Dean and Department Heads) and to the Graduate Council. The Graduate Advisor is a member of this committee.
- Graduate Council
- a standing committee of the Faculty Senate that advises the Director, Office of Graduate Studies. This committee consists largely of the chairpersons of the Graduate Instruction Committee from each college.
- Graduate Faculty
- that group of faculty that has been authorized by the Graduate Instruction Committee and the Graduate Council to direct graduate student research. All members of the student's advisory committee must be officially recognized members of the University's Graduate Faculty.
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
- admissions test administered by the Educational Testing Service that is required for application to the Office of Graduate Studies. Scores made on the GRE more than five calendar years before application for admission to the Office of Graduate Studies will not normally apply for satisfying admission requirements.
