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The University of Tennessee Department of Statistics, Operations, and Management Science |
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IGSP COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION POLICY
Approved September, 2005 Doctoral students seeking the minor in Statistics must pass a written comprehensive examination covering topics on one or more Level B or C courses. Students may ask the professor(s) in the course(s) to write an exam for them and to administer it at a time and in a fashion agreeable to the student and the faculty member. The faculty member should advise the student's Statistics Advisor and the IGSP Executive Committee Chair of the outcome of the examination in writing (or via e-mail). STATISTICS COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION RULES The Comprehensive Theory Exam is a four-hour open-book exam covering Stat 563 - 564 topics. It is given during the week preceding the Wednesday beginning of the Fall semester. The exam is jointly written by two faculty members and jointly graded by two faculty members. The Comprehensive Methods Exam is a four-hour open-book exam covering Stat 572 and Stat 573 topics. (IGSP students may substitute a course for Stat 573 with the approval of the MS committee.) This exam is given during the week preceding the Wednesday beginning of Fall semester. the exam is jointly written and jointly graded by two faculty members. Both exams typically require computer work. A score of 70% is required to pass the Theory exam and 70% is required to pass the methods exam. If a student earns less than 70% on just one part, the MS committee may give the student a Conditional Pass and specify additional work to be done to be given a passing grade, or the Graduate Committee may require the student to retake that part. If the student earns less that 70% on each part, the student must retake the exam. Normally, retakes will be scheduled for the next time the exam is offered, which is expected to be at the beginning of the following semester. The Graduate School rules state that a student failing the comprehensive exam twice is terminated from the program.
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