Candidates must be enrolled at the time the comprehensive examination is to be taken. The students should consult and work closely with their academic advisor to seek preparation guidelines and to schedule the examination dates.
Typically, some programs divide comprehensive examinations into sections and have set requirements for passage of each section. No matter how the exams are delivered, comprehensive examinations may be repeated only once.
In graduate programs that require thesis, students may register for thesis when they:
have met the residency requirements for their program.
are in good academic standing, and
have departmental approval.
Thesis topic must be approved by the student's graduate committee. The thesis must be prepared in conformity with regulations approved by the Graduate Program area. Students should obtain instructions for the thesis preparation from their academic department before the thesis is typed. Theses must be developed under the direction of a full member of the Graduate Program Committee within the student's academic department.
Students writing theses must be continuously enrolled at the University and obtain guidance from their graduate faculty academic advisor. The students must have satisfactorily defended their thesis and made all required corrections identified during the defense prior to submitting the thesis to the Office of Graduate Studies. Students writing theses must be enrolled at the University up until the term in which the theses is submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies. Students who fail to enroll continuously after having enrolled in a thesis course may be required to pay for each semester (excluding summer sessions) that they missed.
Graduation schedules are determined by the University and published by the Office of the Registrar.
Candidates must file an application for graduation with the Director of Graduate Studies by the deadline published by the University Registrar. The graduation application consists of two documents to submit: 1) Graduate Degree Checkout Form, and 2) the Degree Program Curriculum Plan that your Graduate Program Committee approved for you. The candidates must properly fill out both documents and obtain appropriate