Each graduate student will complete comprehensive examinations relating to the content of the student s graduate degree plan. Graduate advisor approval must be received prior to scheduling the examination to ensure the student is ready for examination. The graduate advisor schedules comprehensive examinations on specific dates each semester in accord with the schedule of the student. Students should complete Montana State University-Northern Application to Graduate form. These are available in the Office of Graduate Studies and at the Registrar s Office.
Students are eligible to sit for the comprehensive examination in their last term of attendance.
Each student s eligibility to sit for the comprehensive examination is verified by the Office of Graduate Programs and is preceded by the student s submission of a completed Application for Graduation, program sheet, current transcripts, with appropriate signatures. These forms must be completed by the application to graduate deadline. The comprehensive examination, prepared by the student s graduate program committee, shall be designed to test the student s knowledge and understanding of the graduate program content. Comprehensive exams are to be read by graduate committee members and returned to the chair of the graduate program committee within a period of ten calendar days after the exam is administered. The graduate program committee will designate comprehensive examinations as pass or fail.