First Semester

• Consult the graduate liaison of your academic unit for an advisor. Plan your program of study. Check the master’s degree requirements for your academic unit and review the Graduate College Bulletin for enrollment standards.

Preparing for the Comprehensive Exam

• With your graduate liaison or graduate advisor, discuss procedures for the exam and select the members of your comprehensive exam committee.

Semester Before Graduating

• Complete the Admission to Candidacy form.
• Obtain the Admission to Candidacy form.  Because most master’s degree programs have individualized Admission to Candidacy forms, be sure to locate the form specific to your degree, as it will list all degree requirements. 
• Submit the Admission to Candidacy form to your department, so that it may be reviewed and approved by your Graduate Liaison. 
• The Admission to Candidacy form should be submitted to the Graduate College at least one semester prior to your final/graduating semester. See dates below.

Final Semester

• Enroll in at least two (2) hours of graduate credit in the semester in which you complete your comprehensive exam.
• Submit your Application for Graduation to CCE Registration & Records before the deadline.  See dates below.

• Arrange an examination date, time, and location with the members of your examination committee. As the date approaches, remind all examination committee members of the time and place. At the discretion of the committee, the student may repeat the examination once in the following semester or later. The comprehensive examination may not be taken a third time, nor may it be taken twice in the same semester.

• Approximately one week prior to the examination, confirm your exam appointment with your committee chair, graduate liaison, and department staff assistant in your academic unit to obtain the Authority Report Form for the Comprehensive Examination from the Graduate College. Your Graduate College academic counselor will process the request and upon satisfactory review, will send the authority form to your department staff assistant via email.
• Complete your comprehensive exam. The Authority Report Form for the Comprehensive Examination must be signed by all committee members, and should be submitted to the Graduate College within one week after the comprehensive or final examination.

Congratulations!