My Program - Comprehensive Exam (7 of 9)
Candidates for all degrees except the MBA and MPT must successfully pass a written and/or oral examination covering work within the Candidate's program. The Candidate's Advisory Committee will administer any oral examination. Any written examination or written portion of the examination will be administered by the major department, which may request questions from any department(s) in which the Candidate has taken supporting electives.
The comprehensive examination must be scheduled no later than 4 weeks before the Candidate's degree is to be conferred and passed no later than three weeks prior to that date. A student will not be permitted to take the comprehensive examination unless he or she is in good academic standing.
A Candidate who fails the comprehensive examination may, upon petition to the Advisory committee in the case of an oral examination or to the departmental faculty in the case of a written examination, be allowed to take another examination no sooner than the next semester or summer session. (The two summer terms comprise one summer session.) The policies and procedures for the comprehensive examination are available in the office of the department head of the student's major field of study. Students should review the requirements for the exam early in their degree program.
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