An appeal may be made to the Graduate Ch airman and the Chairman of the Department. If the appeal is accepted, a new committee will be formed to conduct the examination and its decision will be final. The student selects an examination committee by asking three faculty to serve on the committee with one faculty member designated by the student as chair. The case study should be selected by the Chair of the student's examination committee with the student's direct participation. For example, it might be appropriate to ask the student to collect three or four cases they would like to be examine d on with the professor making the final selection.
Cases correspond to the student's specialization area of course work.
Cases should be distributed by the Committee Chair approximately two weeks in advance of the exam to other committee members Students also should distribute to committee members their internship paper and a list of relevant courses so that committee members are familiar with the student's program background. Students are expected to make a fifteen minute presentation on the case which recalls not just the facts, but also discusses the significance of the case in terms of the major issues in public administration. Students should attempt to weave in sights and comments from their course work into the presentation as well. Prior to the exam, the student should refresh himself on the key concepts, definitions, theories, values, and frameworks of public administration. Students must be prepared to range beyond the case study proper and be willing to make value judgmen ts and express opinions.