Chapter Seven Dissertation Phase One Comprehensive Examination What is the Comprehensive exam and how will this exam affect your progress or lack of progress? Please read all this information very carefully, because when I took my progress exam it was a two back to back eight hour days. The exam was extremely intensive, but by the grace of God I pulled off. The bizarre thing for me is that everyone past student I spoke remembered taking their exam and remembered the stress contributed with the exam but no one could help me. So as your tour guide now is the time to batten down the hatch and listen to what I have to say. As you’re trusted my number one goal is to get you through your progress exam and on to your dissertation phase. The comprehensive examination is normally a mandatory exam every doctoral candidate has to take in order to proceed to candidacy to move to the dissertation phase. The exam is an all-inclusive exam from the class work you took during your courses. The exam can be extremely intimidating. Anytime you’re being held accountable to remember all the information that you have learned in the required course in your dissertation track can and will cause high levels of anxiety. No matter the level of anxiety this assessment is the admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree; the student must pass a …show more content…
Normally each professor has an opportunity to submit two or more questions from the courses they taught you on the exam. This is the time you can pick their brains about what could be expected on the exam they can’t tell you what’s on the exam but they can certainly help guide you in the right direction. This is a very important recommendation and I know it can be difficult organizing schedules so even if one group member has to meet with the professor alone, thin that’s what you have to