Abstract: . . .  extenuating circumstances. After either a "pass" or "fail," the chair of the WCE committee will provide a written summary of feedback on the written product. Every incomplete is reported to the program. Failure of an initial WCE results in repetition of the WCE process. If the WCE is failed twice, normally the student will be terminated from the program. Any petition for an exception to this policy must be approved by the entire program faculty. Page 23 20 DOCTORAL ORAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION The Graduate School requires that each student in a doctoral program take an oral comprehensive examination. This examination must be successfully completed at least 60 days before a student’s dissertation defense occurs. The purpose of the examination is to provide evidence to the department that the student is competent in general knowledge of psychology and in the student’s area of expertise. General knowledge is defined as the knowledge necessary to teach a course in introductory psychology . Of . . .
. . .  the chair of the WCE committee will provide a written summary of feedback on the written product. Every incomplete is reported to the program. Failure of an initial WCE results in repetition of the WCE process. If the WCE is failed twice, normally the student will be terminated from the program. Any petition for an exception to this policy must be approved by the entire program faculty. Page 23 20 DOCTORAL ORAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION The Graduate School requires that each student in a doctoral program take an oral comprehensive examination. This examination must be successfully completed at least 60 days before a student’s dissertation defense occurs. The purpose of the examination is to provide evidence to the department that the student is competent in general knowledge of psychology and in the student’s area of expertise. General knowledge is defined as the knowledge necessary to teach a course in introductory psychology . Of course, a student should also be very compet . . .
. . .  responsible for a formal WCE proposal and reading list to be submitted to the WCE committee for approval. The proposal should include a set of questions and/or issues that the reading list is intended to address (consistent with the mission statement of the program) and will include a description of the written product to be evaluated. This product designed to insure a broad appreciation of the research area chosen, or a broad integrative appreciation across one or more research areas consistent with the Experimental Psychology mission statement. Examples of written products that could be possible for a WCE include a traditional written exam (for example, 2 days, 6 questions per day), a major paper reviewing research in a designated area quantitatively and qualitatively similar to a Psychological Bulletin article; several small papers reviewing research in designated area(s), or a complete grant proposal. The following is a non-exhaustive list of activities that could NOT be possible for a WCE: 1. . . .
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