Doctoral Qualifying Exam

Catalog description

The Qualifying Exam is the culmination of the learning domain. It is an opportunity for students to organize, interpret, and amplify their core scholarly interests. The essay is essentially a literature review which demonstrates the ability to synthesize and conceptualize knowledge, to contribute new ideas to an emerging field of study, to express the theoretical and practical significance of these ideas, and to consider their consequences of scholarship, research and/or professional practice. The purpose of the Qualifying Exam is to cultivate those insights, by exploring them in depth, tracing their formulation, development, and application. The Qualifying Exam does not meet as a course.