For a specialty area to be offered in any year it must have the support of at least one faculty member. An exam may be taken at most twice. A second failure means that a student cannot continue in the department. Sign-up dates are announced well in advance. Students with provisional or nondegree status may not sign up for either exam.
All exams are closed book.
No calculators or other aids are permitted. At the Ph.D. student's request, the exam will be counted as an M.S. non-thesis exam for purposes of meeting the requirements for a master's degree. The Graduate School does not allow any student to repeat a course for the purpose of raising a grade already assigned. A student must check the Graduate School deadlines for scheduling exams and other matters. These deadlines apply to various Graduate School forms, not departmental forms.