Step 5: Comprehensive Exams

If you do well in all your course projects, and you are able to post everything as required, and everything you have done on your artifacts is graded as proficient or better, then the comprehensive examination process at the end of your program is incredibly easy and efficient. You are done!
 
However, often things are more complex: You did not get fully proficient on certain projects, or a course instructor did not follow through with grading using the EDSE 999 rubric that is appropriate for your course project. In the latter case, our department must help you, so contact the Program Coordinator to investigate and resolve the issue for you. In the the former case, if your work is not up to par in all classes, then you and your advisor need to monitor your progress as you move through the program. If, on average, at the end of your program you are basically “proficient,” then no worries. However, if you work in courses is frequently rated as not proficient, you can still pass your comprehensive examination, but additional work may be required of you.
 
All students should, of course, be communicating with their advisors regularly. However, if you are having problems meeting the proficiency requirements for these critical projects within your courses, communicating with your advisor, so that he/she can monitor your progress, becomes more essential.
 
For more information on the comprehensive examination, please check out the following website:
 
http://www.unco.edu/cebs/special-education/current-students/generalist-ma/comprehensive-exam/
 
 
Please contact your advisor if you have any questions or concerns.