2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Degree Information/The Degree of Master of Urban Planning 163will not be allowed to cancel their graduation. The Registrar attempts each semesterto balance the size of each ceremony. Thus, the makeup of the ceremony by collegesdoes change from semester to semester. Graduation times are posted each semesteron the website of the Office of the Registrar. A student should check the website atgraduation.tamu.edu to determine the date and time of the graduation ceremony.A graduate student in Engineering Systems Management should attend the ceremonyof the Dwight Look College of Engineering.The Degree of Master of Urban PlanningA student holding the baccalaureate degree may become a candidate for the degree ofMaster of Urban Planning (MUP). This two-year interdisciplinary program providesopportunities for individual and collaborative work. The minimum requirements forthis degree are the completion of 48 hours of coursework and a satisfactory final examination.An acceptable thesis is required for the Master of Urban Planning degree for astudent who selects the thesis option program.Residence (See Residence Requirements, page 34.)A student must complete 12 credit hours in resident study at Texas A&M University tosatisfy the residence requirement for the thesis option Master of Urban Planning. Thereis no residence requirement for the non-thesis Master of Urban Planning; however, attentionis directed to the rules regarding Limitations on the Use of Transfer, Extensionand Certain Other Courses.Students who are employed full-time while completing their degree may fulfill totalresidence requirements by completion of less-than-full time course loads each semester.In order to be considered for this, the student is required to submit a Petition for Waiversand Exceptions along with verification of his/her employment to the Office of Graduateand Professional Studies.Student’s Advisory CommitteeAfter receiving admission to graduate studies and enrolling for coursework, the studentwill consult with the head of the department concerning appointment of the chairof his or her advisory committee. The student’s advisory committee for the master’sdegree will consist of no fewer than three members of the graduate faculty representativeof the student’s fields of study and research. The chair or one of the co-chairsof the advisory committee must be from the student’s department, and at least one ormore of the members must have an appointment to a department other than thestudent’s major department.The chair, in consultation with the student, will select the remainder of the advisorycommittee. The student will interview each prospective committee member to determinewhether he or she is willing to serve. Only graduate faculty members located on thecampuses at College Station, Galveston, Qatar, Texas A&M University–Temple Campusor Institute of Biosciences and Technology–Houston may serve as chair of a student’sadvisory committee. Other graduate faculty members located off-campus may serve as amember or co-chair (but not chair), with a member as the chair. The chair of the committee,who usually has immediate supervision of the student’s research and thesis, has theresponsibility for calling required meetings of the committee, and for calling meetings atany other time considered desirable.