Petition for a Change in Major Professor
SUBJECT:
Petition for a Change in Major Professor
NUMBER: II-9-2 (Formerly Policy II-D-7)
A graduate student may petition the executive administrator with responsibility
for Graduate Education for a change in Major Professor.
1.
The student must have filed his/her Program of Study with the Office of
Graduate Education before requesting the change. The student then must request
a change in major professor by action of the advisory committee as provided
under “Supervision of Advanced Degree Programs” of the Undergraduate and
Graduate Catalog. If the resulting decision is satisfactory to all parties no
further action is necessary.
2.
A graduate student may petition the executive administrator with
responsibility for Graduate Education to change his/her major professor if the
action by the advisory committee described above is not agreeable to the
student. It is the obligation of the graduate student to identify another fully
qualified faculty member who will provide a written statement to the executive
administrator with responsibility for Graduate Education that he or she is
willing to serve as the student’s major professor. The executive administrator
with responsibility for Graduate Education will notify the current major
professor of the proposed change.
3.
The current major professor may formally object to the change through a
written statement to the executive administrator with responsibility for
Graduate Education who will present all contested petitions to the Council on
Graduate Education. If the current major professor declines to provide a
written objection, the executive administrator with responsibility for Graduate
Education may choose to authorize the requested change in major professor.
4.
The Council on Graduate Education will evaluate each contested petition
and provide a decision by majority vote of a quorum of committee members. The
decision of the Council on Graduate Education is final.
SOURCE: Graduate Office; Office of the Provost,
Nov. 2003; Graduate Office, Dec. 2009
BOR
Reference: None
Contact: SDSMT Policy
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