Feel free I will get the Comprehensive Exam Guidelines issued by Department of Geology of University of Alaska Fairbanks so that you can check it.

Here are some guidelines
The Ph.D. comprehensive exam should be conducted soon after the student has completed the coursework listed on the Graduate Study Plan.

The comprehensive exam consists of a written exam followed by an oral exam.

The oral exam requires an outside examiner appointed by UAFs Graduate School Dean.

Determine and agree on the subject areas in which the student will be examined (listed in the GSP).

The subject areas are based on students' course work and doctoral research.

Each committee member should provide the student with a reading list and clarify his/her expectations.

It is a committees decision whether the written exam should be close book or open book.

The committee members also decide whether they would like to give the student access to the internet or not during the written exam.

The nature and complexity of the questions, and the following assessment should vary according to this choice.

Typically exams where the student has access to the internet should be longer in duration with expectation of substantial depth in the written responses.

Committee members should evaluate the written response and communicate their opinion/result to the committee chair.


Comprehensive Exam Guidelines issued by Department of Geology of University of Alaska Fairbanks





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