Comprehensive Exam Approval Form

Directions

This form officially documents the passage or failure of each element of the Doctoral Comprehensive Exam.


Students are responsible for initiating this form immediately after completing the oral presentation portion of their exam. Upon submission, a copy of this form will be sent to each member of the student's committee for their approval.


If all elements of the exam are successfully completed the program co-directors will enter a grade of P (pass) for COMPUT 619.


If a student does not successfully complete all elements (or requests an extension) of the exam they must:

  1. Request a re-take of the exam via this form
  2. Complete the Report of Failure of the Comprehensive Exam form located on the Graduate College's Forms page: https://www.boisestate.edu/graduatecollege/forms/


If a re-take or extension request is approved the student will receive a grade of I (Incomplete) in COMPUT 691.

Student Information

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Comprehensive Exam Elements

Indicate if each of the exam elements have been passed, or previously satisfied by a masters thesis.


Students: Your advisor is responsible for telling you if you have not passed any elements of the exam, if you aren't sure please ask before completing this form!

Please put today's date if you have not done your presentation yet.

Did you pass ALL of the comp exam elements: Synthesis Paper, Computing Artifact and Oral Presentation*
Are you completing any of the required core courses this semester?*

Courses being taken concurrently must be passed with a grade of B or better. The program will confirm your grades before entering a grade for COMPUT 691.

High-quality synthesis papers may be added to our program repository so they can be shared with future students. You may request an embargo on your work for up to one year. Check the box below to request an embargo of one year.

If needed, please enter additional questions or comments about your Comprehensive Exam here.


Retake Request

Retake*

You indicated that you did not pass (or have not yet completed) one or more of the comp exam elements. Will you be re-taking (or completing) that element?


Committee Information

Provide the email addresses of your committee members. Emails will be used for approval routing so please make sure they are correct!