The comprehensive examination is to be treated as a whole, and the determination of pass-fail will consider all eight parts of the exam and both the written and oral. The examining faculty should each meet with the student and discuss the results of the written examination with the student. These meetings should take place prior to the oral, but only at the initiative of the student. The student should be given a copy of the graded exam. The oral examination is to be scheduled as soon after the written examination as the student requests, but not sooner than one week.
Scheduling is subject to faculty availability.
It is the responsibility of the student to schedule this examination and to determine which faculty members intend to be present. The student's committee may either pass the student, recess the oral, or fail the student. In case of a disagreement, the decision within the committee will be by majority vote, with the major professor casting a second vote in the case of a tie. If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the student may re-take this examination the following semester. Only one re-take is allowed.