Graduate Exams
All graduate students who have completed 24 semester credit hours of course work are required to complete a written examination over a prescribed reading list. The department offers the exam once during each long semester. The exam lasts for five hours and consists of three essay questions; satisfactory responses to all three questions are required for graduation.
In order to help you prepare for exams, the department has provided the reading lists from previous semesters, as well as a list of sample questions from past exams.
Reading Lists: Sample Questions