The student may elect to take the exam during the semester in which he or she is finishing the coursework. Students may take the exam in longhand, on a typewriter, or on a word processor. For those who wish to use a word processor, exams will take place in a computer classroom. Exams will be open book, open notes, but no electronic retrieval of information is permitted. Students will have 75 minutes for each essay, with up to fifteen minutes' rest between essays.
Students are responsible for all of the primary and secondary readings on their three focused lists.
If he or she says it passes, it passes. If he or she says it fails, it goes to a second reader. If this second reader agrees that it fails, it fails. If the second reader says it passes, the essay goes to a third reader, who breaks the tie and decides whether the essay passes or fails. Students may discuss their failed answers with the composer of the question.