Getting the Most out of the Comprehensive Exam

Rhiannon Gainor
PhD candidate, SIS
Paula Bush
PhD candidate, KPE
Lise Trimble
Faculty lecturer, DISE

The comprehensive exam is a milestone set in the PhD programs in the Faculty of Education. If you want to know more about the exam, please join this session. Rhiannon Gainor, who completed her exams in fall 2011, will provide a general preparation checklist for the comprehensive exam based on her experience. Paula Bush, who completed her exam in winter 2010, will provide some tips for completing the written component and for handling the oral component. Lisa Trimble, who will be defending her dissertation in a few weeks, will discuss the tips, strategies, and advice she found most useful during her comprehensive exam writing process, as well as the implications the comprehensive exam can have for your doctoral dissertation.