Students will demonstrate a satisfactory general knowledge of the discipline and relate their own philosophical beliefs and assumptions about education to the ideas of prominent educators and researchers in the profession. All students will take a comprehensive examination that allows students the opportunity to demonstrates knowledge of the discipline and their ability to relate their own beliefs and assumptions about education to those of prominent educators. As a result, the faculty implemented a new format in Fall 1998 that involved more of a synthesis approach, allowing students to integrate key course concepts into their answers.
Faculty meet to discuss differences in scoring and reach consensus on the final score.
If students do not successfully pass a component, they are allowed one retake of the examination component within a period of one year.