UAM-X

Academic Commission


Integration

It is formed by the Co-ordinator of the Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences and by four professors of the acadcemic staff who maintain the programme. Each professor shall represent one of the lines of investigation of the doctorate( Sustainable Agriculture, Biology of Agricultural Production, Food Quality and Socio economy of Agricultural Production) The members of this Commission must possess the category of professor, the title of doctor, be hired for an indefinite period and have wide experience in the formation of human resources and in then field of knowledge of Agricultural Sciences, as well as having wide recognition by their high level academic peers or recent publications in arbitrable journals.
The Director of the Biological and Health Sciences Division, with prior auscultation of the academic staff of the Doctorate, shall name the professors who shall integrate the CADCA. These members shall remain on the Commission for a period of three years without the possibility of re-election in the period immediately following , and shall endeavor, to provide continuity to the programme, changing each one of the members in different years.

Functions

a) To decide on the admission of aspirants to the Doctorate, taking into account the requirements established by the corresponding plan of studies, supported, when necessary, by assessors whom they consider pertinent.
b) Supervise the advance of the academic work of the students.
c) Approve the integration and, when necessary, the modifications of the Tutorial Committee of each student, taking into consideration, the research protocol and the requirements established by the plan of studies.
d) Verify the compliance of the requirements on the part of the aspirants for the attainment of the title of Doctor in Agricultural Sciences.
e) Approve the integration of the Jury who shall participate in each Public Dissertation.
f) Organize the public presentation of the Doctoral Thesis for the attainment of the title.
g) Evaluate the operation of the Doctoral plan of studies.
h) Present an annual report of activities of the Evaluation Committee of the Doctorate in Agricultural Studies.
i) Verify the compliance of the academic requirements and authorize the registration of the UEA334907.
J) Resolve the academic and administrative aspects which were not contemplated in the present plan of studies.