Graduate students electing the capstone comprehensive exam option receive a set of sample questions that address the content of the courses in the program core as well as the concentration core that ...

The Comprehensive Exam tests knowledge of graduate-level mathematics. The purpose is to ensure that each student has the necessary knowledge to conduct research in his or her area of concentration.

After completing an approved curriculum of coursework, a student advances to candidacy in Mathematics by passing an comprehensive exam. A description of this requirement can be found on the Degree ...

The MA comprehensive exam ("Comps") is given once per semester ... The student must be registered for the semester in which the exam is taken. Sample exams are available from the Department office.