Comprehensive Exam Description
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Students are eligible to participate in the Comprehensive Exam during the term they are scheduled to complete their Core Courses. Typically, the Comp Exam is taken in a student’s last semester of the program when they are enrolled in MGT 5900, the capstone course.
The Comprehensive Exam is an online, open book exam available through Canvas that requires the completion of seven questions - one question for each Core Course in the MBA curriculum. Students will be offered two questions pertaining to each Core Course and must select one question to answer. (The course learning goals and objectives identified in the syllabi will help students to anticipate the content and focus of exam questions.) Faculty that teach in each Core Course area provide the exam questions and grade them. Each of the Comp Exam questions are graded with a pass/no-pass score. Students must pass five out of the seven questions to pass the Comprehensive Exam. If a student should not pass five questions, they are eligible to retake the missed questions during the next term when the exam is offered.
Students are strongly encouraged to keep and organize all Core Course materials including books, assignments, syllabi, study guides, and other information to use as study materials for the Comprehensive Exam. Prior to the semester end of each Core Course, it is also recommended that students download any additional course materials that were stored in Canvas. Please be prepared to secure any and all Core Course materials in preparation for study and use during the Comp Exam.
Students who are eligible to sit for the comprehensive exam each Fall and Spring semester will be notified by email in the beginning of the semester.
Updated: September 12, 2024