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Cancellations must be received in writing at least five days prior to the exam date. Email the AD at soe-grad@spu.edu to cancel. Students may not cancel or withdraw once the exam has been distributed. Students' inability to submit a distributed exam will result in a non-passing grade.
To register for the research exam, students are required to have completed EDU 7972, 7973, and 7974 with grade B or better.
Students who are taking the open-book research exam should have R or SPSS installed on their computer. Each of these programs is accepted to complete the research exam.
A free version of SPSS may be downloaded at the SPU Student Software Instillation wiki page. If you are using a Mac computer and are experiencing download issues with SPSS, follow these directions: https://servicedesk.msstate. edu/TDClient/45/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=2016
Here is a second article about SPSS compatibility with Mac software and hardware:
https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/defect/aCI3p0000004Khs/dt243265?language=en_US
Scheduled Dates for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
Sign-up
To register for the research exam, students are required to have completed EDU 7972, 7973, and 7974 with grade B or better.
| Last Day to Sign Up | Last Day to Withdraw | Exams Distributed | Exams Due | Results Returned | |||||
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| September 9, 2024 | October 2, 2024 | October 7, 2024 | November 4, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | |||||
| January 6, 2025 | January 29, 2025 | February 3, 2025 | March 3, 2025 | April 14, 2025 | |||||
| April 7, 2025 | April 30, 2025 | May 5, 2025 | June 2, 2025 | July 14, 2025 | May 5, 2025 | May 28, 2025 | June 2, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | August 11, 2025 |
General Instructions
Questions will not be released to students in advance (since this is an open-book exam). In answering the questions, students may use any relevant resources. However, answers and questions should NOT be discussed with anyone else. Exam questions will be randomly selected by the graduate program’s office.
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It will take approximately 4-6 weeks for the exam to be graded. The exact timeframe may be adjusted depending on the number of exams that need to be reviewed and the availability of reviewers during that cycle.
Research Procedures
To register for the research exam, students are required to have completed EDU 7972, 7973, and 7974 with grade B or better.
There are 3 parts to the research comprehensive exam:
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