If the student does not receive a passing grade on part of or on the entire exam, the student should discuss the reasons for this with members of the committee. The student may take the part or whole exam one additional time. If the student fails a second time, then they are terminated from the degree program. If the student feels there are extenuating circumstances, an appeal to the department Executive Committee may be made. The Graduate Student Services Associate maintains a file of reading lists and bibliographies.
Current students are to file their lists when they are completed.
The department also maintains a file of preliminary examination questions. Again it is the students' and the committees' responsibility to see that the questions are filed with the Graduate Student Services Associate. A student must be enrolled for at least one credit hour the semester during which a preliminary examination is submitted. Before candidacy students should be able to read the publications of foreign anthropological scholars in another language. Student are urged to complete the certification that they have met this language re-quirement as early in their graduate careers as possible.