F1.7 Comprehensive Final Examination (Plan II)
Updated: April 29th, 2011
For master’s students under Plan II, each department decides the content and format of the Comprehensive Final Examination, which should cover the knowledge and skills reasonably expected of a master’s degree recipient in the field. A committee of at least two (and preferably three) Academic Senate faculty members should conduct the exam. The exam may be written, oral, or a combination of the two.
Eligibility requirements. Students must be registered or on filing fee status during the term that they take the Comprehensive Final Examination or complete and submit the Master’s Project. The deadline for successful completion of the Comprehensive Exam or the Master’s Project is the last day of the semester in which the degree is to be conferred. Students registered during the spring semester and who have completed all other requirements may take their comprehensive exam during the contiguous summer but their degree will be awarded in the subsequent fall semester.
How to report results of the Comprehensive Final Examination. At the end of the fall and spring semesters, the Graduate Division sends to departments a list of all Plan II master’s candidates who are advanced to candidacy. The Head Graduate Adviser should indicate whether or not each student has passed or failed the exam, the date of the exam, the date the student filed the Master’s Project if applicable, and whether any of the student’s Incompletes, No Reports, or In Progress grades are required for the degree. The list should be returned to the Graduate Division no later than three weeks after the last day of the semester in which the degree is to be conferred.
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