Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Health Science 2023–2024 202 prior to the comprehensive exam and receive an examination number. Students who register for the comprehensive examination certify by this action that they are prepared to take the exam. However, participating in the comprehensive examination center does not mean that students will pass the comprehensive examination. Students can withdraw from the comprehensive examination without a reason 10 days before the exam. Once this time has passed, students with circumstances beyond their control—such as sickness, car accident, family illness, or other family issues—must notify the Ph.D. program director at the earliest possible time and provide documentation to support their need to withdraw from the exam. Students who have obtained approval from the program director to withdraw from the comprehensive examination will be allowed to take the comprehensive examination at the next scheduled offering. Students who registered for the comprehensive examination and who fail to take the examination, or students who do not contact the program director requesting to be excused from the examination will automatically fail the comprehensive examination. Students who have failed the comprehensive examination are referred to the CSP. The CSP will examine the student’s individual case and will make appropriate recommendations to the department chair. See the procedures for the CSP and Student Appeals in the college section of this handbook. The grading of the comprehensive examination is on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are notified of their results on the comprehensive examination by certified mail (return receipt requested), and a copy of the letter is sent to students’ NSU email account with response requested. Following the successful completion of the comprehensive examination, students can register for dissertation credits and begin the dissertation process. Students are allowed to take the complete comprehensive exam one time only. Students who fail one or two of the three categories on the comprehensive examination have failed the exam, and are referred to the CSP. The CSP will examine the student’s individual case and may recommend that the student be allowed to retake a failed category or categories at the next scheduled institute and will be required to enroll in an additional one-credit continuation course. If students are allowed to retake a failed category, they have one opportunity to pass all failed categories. Students who have failed the exam may register for the next semester, although they may not be eligible for federal funds. Failure of one or two categories on retake results in the student’s second failure of the comprehensive examination. Students who fail the comprehensive examination on retake are referred to the CSP for possible dismissal from the Ph.D. program. All college-wide policies regarding academic honesty, CSP, and appeals apply to the comprehensive exam. Students are required to familiarize themselves with academic standards and the academic honesty policy and procedure as described in the college section of this handbook. Students who wish to dispute their grades must contact the Ph.D. program director as there is no direct communication between graders and students. Grade disputes must be in writing within five business days from notification of the comprehensive examination results. The program director will interact directly with the faculty member who graded the exams and inform the student of the grader’s comments. The grade dispute ends at the program director level.
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