2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

28 Office of Graduate and Professional StudiesTexas A&M University System Graduate FacultyThe Texas A&M University System has established a System Graduate Faculty whichenables and facilitates the collaborative research and teaching among faculty members ofthe nine universities and the Health Science Center within the System. By acquiring statusthrough the System Graduate Faculty, a member of the Texas A&M University SystemGraduate Faculty may teach graduate courses and serve as member or co-chair (but notas chair) with a member of the Texas A&M University Graduate Faculty. These individualswill be automatically granted Associate Member status on the Texas A&M UniversityGraduate Faculty.System Graduate Faculty GuidelinesI. Purpose. The Texas A&M University System Graduate Faculty has been developedfor the following purposes:A. To facilitate participation in graduate education for a student in the A&M System.B. To provide a graduate student access to the expertise of faculty members throughoutthe System.C. To increase inter-institutional faculty collaboration throughout the A&M System.D. To promote the development of multi-disciplinary educational and researchprograms and the capacity to study complex scientific and social issues.II. Membership BackgroundA. Membership on the A&M System Graduate Faculty provides the opportunity toparticipate in graduate education at the A&M System universities through servingon graduate committees, advising a graduate student, and teaching graduatecourses.B. Appointment to membership on the A&M System Graduate Faculty is designedto assure rigor in the directing, counseling, and teaching of a graduate student.C. All of the A&M System Graduate Faculty members can serve as members of anygraduate committee.D. The chair, or co-chair, of a graduate committee must be from the institutionthat is conferring the graduate degree.III. Membership Qualifications. Consideration for membership on the A&M SystemGraduate Faculty requires meeting the following qualifications.A. The individual must hold the terminal degree, usually an earned doctorate. Exceptionswill be considered only if justified in accordance with the Commission onColleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.B. The individual must be a tenured or a tenure-track faculty member of aTexas A&M University System university and hold a professorial rank.C. A person holding the title of instructor or lecturer may not be considered formembership on the A&M System Graduate Faculty.D. Individuals holding professorial rank at an agency of the A&M System are eligiblefor membership.E. The individual must be a member of the graduate faculty at his/her home institution.F. The individual must be an active participant in his/her graduate program throughteaching, directing or administering graduate work.