One purpose of the exam is to help PhD students build their skills in important areas, including formulating their ideas and plans in the form of a research proposal, reviewing literature related to ...

The dreaded written comprehensive exam. Many graduate students will have to pass some form of comprehensive exam at some point in their program. This can often include putting together a multi-page ...

In addition to History 600 (Proseminar), all Ph.D. students are required to take either History 781 (Historiography: The Americas), History 783 (Historiography), or History 785 (U.S. Historiography) ...

All IDPhD students at Dalhousie are required to take and pass one-to-three comprehensive examinations (written and oral). The exact number of these exams is determined by your supervisory committee, ...

This is a GradHacker post by Stephanie Hedge, a PhD candidate at Ball State University in Rhetoric and Composition, @slhedge A few months ago, I wrote a GradHacker post on studying for comprehensive ...

Procedures for taking final exams are established by the Registrar’s Office. Each final exam period the Registrar’s Office publishes the procedures for examinations. Students are responsible for ...

While there are no cumulative or qualifying exams, all students participate in the comprehensive examination process to progress to PhD candidacy. At least one week before the oral examination date, ...

The comprehensive exam takes place at the end of the second semester and aims to acquaint you with the area of German Studies that will be the focus of your thesis. The exam is based on a reading list ...