Comprehensive Exams for Ph.D. Candidates
PLEASE NOTE!
All graduate students who need only final exams or dissertation defense to graduate should register for CAND 5940, Section 900
The call numbers are:
Summer '08 - #40854
Fall '08 - #70369
REQUIREMENTS
Each Ph.D. program requires at least comprehensive and final examinations. The "Request for Graduate Examination/Thesis Defense Form" (PDF) must be submitted to the Graduate School at least two weeks prior to the exam date. It is the student’s responsibility to set the date and time of the exam, in consultation with his/her advisor. Students must be registered when they take the examinations.
- The comprehensive and final examinations will be given by the student’s dissertation committee.
- The committee must unanimously pass the examinations.
- The examinations may be oral, written, or both.
- Each examination may be taken at most twice.
The Graduate School is notified about a successful final examination, but the record of the final examination is sent to the Graduate School only after the final version of the dissertation is approved by the student's committee and the approval of the program director, which confirms that all requirements for the Ph.D. degree have been satisfied.
