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Degree Requirements

Graduate Comprehensive/Qualifying Examination

Candidates for a graduate degree must pass a written
comprehensive/qualifying examination unless otherwise specified by
the degree program. The Graduate School is responsible for the
administration of the Comprehensive Examination.

The Comprehensive Examination may not be taken before the student
has completed the minimum graduate core courses required for the
program, including all prerequisite courses. Students enrolled in
coursework that will result in the completion of the minimum core
credit hour requirement may, with the approval of the graduate
Program Coordinator and advisor, be allowed to take the
Comprehensive Examination during the same semester. Students must
be advanced to candidacy prior to taking the comprehensive
examination.

Student in the Counseling Psychology, Mental Health Heath Counseling,
and School Counseling Programs will be required to take the Counseling
Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) in order to meet the
comprehensive examination requirement. This is a nationally
standardized examination used in many university counselor training
programs throughout the United States. The CPCPE is a multiple choice
objective instrument prepared and scored through the Center for
Credentialing and Education, Inc. (http://www.cce-global.org/). Results
are final and cannot be subject to the appeal process through the typical
university protocol.

Master of Education students must have successfully completed or
must be currently enrolled in EDUC 706 or ESAS 706 Introduction to
Research before taking the Comprehensive Examination. All students
registering for a concluding seminar must have first passed the written
Comprehensive Examination.

The Graduate School administers the Comprehensive Examination two
times each year: the fall and spring semesters. The doctoral
comprehensive examination in education is administered only once a
year in the fall semester and only students who fail in an area are
eligible to retake the examination in the spring semester.

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