You may select the comprehensive exam option with the following programs:
You can take the comprehensive exam the semester after you have completed the courses covered on the comprehensive exam (see below). The exam is offered two times a year at the end of each semester.
Faculty members submit questions and the graduate director chooses eight that cover the required courses. You choose six questions, and will have six hours to complete the exam.
The courses covered on the comprehensive exam are:
MS in ES:
MS in NTR Science:
Each exam question is graded by the faculty member who submitted the question, and the identity of the student is not shared with the faculty. Each question is scored on a scale of 0 - 100% and an average score on all six questions of 70% or higher is required to pass the exam. A student who fails to reach 70% will be required to retake the entire comprehensive exam at a later date. Each student will have two attempts to pass the comprehensive exam. If the student fails the exam on the second attempt, he/she may be dismissed from the program.