This committee consists of five members of the professorial faculty and two elected representatives of the graduate students; also the Chairman of the Department and the Director of Undergraduate Studies are ex-officio members.
The main function of this committee is to act for the Department in setting and approving policy for the graduate program. With the assistance of other members of the Department of Mathematics, the committee evaluates performances on the Comprehensive Examinations, and makes decisions concerning a student's support and continuation in the graduate program.