The comprehensive examination will be evaluated by a convened meeting of the committee. The committee submits a report as satisfactory, satisfactory with reservations, or unsatisfactory to the Graduate College within fourteen days after the completion of the examination. The statement must specify the time allowed for satisfying the stipulations, and must be specific in defining the area if further examination in a particular area is required, or in describing any additional courses or other procedures that are required. The candidate will not be admitted to the final oral examination until such stipulations have been satisfied. In the case of a report of unsatisfactory on a comprehensive examination, the committee may grant the candidate permission to present himself or herself for reexamination not sooner than four months after the first examination.
Orals usually occur three to six weeks after the written comp.
Orals typically are no longer than two hours and are a time for the comprehensive examination committee to ask for clarification and greater detail concerning students' written answers. The University of Iowa. All rights reserved.