Texas A&M University Graduate Catalog

• Academic Calendar
• Board of Regents
  & System Adminstrative
  Officers
• TAMU Administrative
  Officers
• Office of
  Graduate Studies
• General Information
• Degree Information
• Admission
• Registration & Academic Status
• Tuition, Fees &
  Other Financial Information
• Housing
• Orientation
• Resources for Students
• Texas A&M University at Galveston
• Course Descriptions
• School of
  Rural Public Health
• Faculty
• Appendices

Office of Graduate Studies

Administration of Graduate Studies

The graduate faculty consists of the President, the Executive Vice President and Provost, the Associate Provosts, the Vice President for Research, the Dean of Graduate Studies, the Deans of all colleges and schools, selected Directors and a properly qualified academic group appointed by the Office of Graduate Studies. Members of the graduate faculty participate in the graduate degree programs of the University by serving on student advisory committees and teaching graduate courses. Individuals who are not members of the graduate faculty of Texas A&M University may not teach graduate courses or serve on student advisory committees unless special approval is granted by the Office of Graduate Studies.

The Graduate Council, a reporting committee to the Faculty Senate, serves as an advisory group to the Dean of Graduate Studies and it makes recommendations on major policy matters to the Faculty Senate. The Graduate Council concerns itself with the development of graduate programs within the University and with the maintenance of standards of excellence in all graduate instruction and graduate activities. Each college has a committee on graduate instruction with the responsibility for making recommendations concerning graduate course offerings, general policies on graduate instruction and for other matters pertaining to graduate studies in that college. The chair of each committee on graduate instruction is a member of the Graduate Council.

The Graduate Operations Committee (GOC) serves as an advisory body to the Dean of Graduate Studies. It focuses primarily on operations and procedures regarding administration of graduate education throughout the University. The GOC works very closely with the Graduate Council to coordinate all curriculum and policy issues. It also works closely with the Academic Operations Committee and the Academic Program Council to consider recommendations concerning operations and procedures. Each academic college is represented on the GOC by the associate dean (or other named individual) responsible for graduate studies in that college.