What is the standard membership of a Qualifying Examination?
Check with your department to see if it requires four or five members. A Qualifying Examination Committee would usually include: the chair, first inside member, second inside member, and an outside member. A five-member committee would include an additional inside member. The chair of a Qualifying Examination Committee cannot also serve as the chair of the Dissertation Committee. All committee members should be members of the Berkeley Academic Senate.
