It is important that your theology advisor be consulted about your readiness to take written qualifying examinations. Each semester, the Theology Faculty appoint two of their number to compose and read the written examinations in theology. Each candidate's advisor is a third reader, reading only his or her candidate's written examinations. If a candidate's advisor is already one of the two faculty-appointed readers, then the Examination Committee will appoint a third reader. The examinations are handled in the following process, facilitated by the Examination Administrator.
Examinations are to be hand-written in English.
Candidates write their names on all paper to be submitted. After writing each examination, the Examination Administrator makes copies of the examinations. The examinations are returned to candidates at the end of the examination week at a time arranged by the Examination Administrator. Candidates are required to type up the examinations as they wrote them, expanding abbreviations and making minor corrections for spelling and grammatical errors. This is particularly helpful for students whose first language is not English and those cursed with illegible handwriting.