Upon completion of required course work students must successfully complete comprehensive written and oral examinations.

Schedule: Comprehensive examinations shall be scheduled by the student in consultation with the Doctoral Advisory Committee, but may not take place before the student’s final semester of course requirements. Prior to scheduling the exams, the student, committee, and CRM director will meet, to ensure that the roles and responsibilities of the committee are clear to all and that the student understands the nature, expected level of academic preparation, and procedures governing the examination process.

Preparation: Compilation and organization of the examination will be the responsibility of the chair of the student’s doctoral advisory committee, in consultation with other advisory committee members and CRM faculty.

Examination: Logistics and scheduling of the comprehensive examination will be the responsibility of the faculty advisor, in consultation with the student, other advisory committee members, and the CRM director. The doctoral advisory committee will schedule and conduct an oral examination as soon as practicable upon completion of the written portion of the exams.

Evaluation: Evaluation of the examination will in general be the responsibility of the doctoral advisory committee member from the area under examination. A grade of B for each test is accepted as passing. If the student receives less than B for any one of the sections, the faculty and the CRM director, may require further remedial activities by the student, in preparation for re-examination. Students are limited to one re-examination. Failure to achieve a grade of B on any test during the first series of examinations or a B on a repeat examination will initiate a formal review by the student’s advisory committee. The review will assess the performance on the comprehensive examination, overall academic achievement worthy of a doctoral degree, and professional promise. Contingent on findings from this review, the student may be requested to withdraw from the program.