The examining committee for a M.S. graduate student must be chosen by the end of the first year. It consists of at least two members from the BICB graduate faculty and, if the student has a Minor, one member from the student’s Minor. If the student does not have a Minor, all members of the examining committee may be from the BICB graduate faculty but must represent at least two different budgetary units. The advisor will be the chair of the examining committee.