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| | MCS Doctoral Degree Policies |
 | | The purpose of a doctoral thesis committee is to judge the validity, originality, significance, and proper presentation of the candidate's doctoral thesis. |
 | | To that end, the committee shall examine the thesis submitted by the candidate, conduct the public oral final examination on the thesis, prescribe corrections or revisions to the thesis before or at the time of the examination, and certify to the Dean its finding on the acceptability of the thesis in its final form. |
 | | Normally, the members of the thesis committee shall be nominated by the thesis advisor with the agreement of the candidate, and their appointment approved by the Department Head or the faculty member designated to supervise the Department's doctoral programs. |
| www.cmu.edu /mcs/handbook/doctoral.html (890 words) |
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