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• I. Membership in the Faculty of Graduate Studies

I. Membership in the Faculty of Graduate Studies

Any person who supervises a graduate student or serves on a supervisory or examination committee of a graduate student must be a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Membership is obtained by application to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and the following membership classifications are available.

• Regular Members
• Adjunct Members
• Adjunct Professor (Associate, Assistant Professor, Lecturer)
• Adjunct Research Associate
• External Scholars
• Within Dalhousie University
• Non-Dalhousie Scholars

Limits to Terms of Membership

1. Regular members have membership for the length of their academic appointment.
2. Adjunct members are subject to limited terms as specified in their letter of appointment, normally 3 to 5 years.
3. External Scholar is limited to the duration of existence of the student committee on which they serve or the duration of the course they teach.

Detailed descriptions of the membership classifications, the roles and the Membership Application forms and procedures can be found on the Faculty of Graduate Studies website at www.dal.ca/grad/faculty/membership/.

Appointment and continuation of appointments are subject to approval of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.