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Doctoral Comprehensive Examinations in One Program: A Descriptive and Evaluative Study
Author(s) -
BURCK HARMAN D.,
PETERSON GARY W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1983.tb00601.x
Subject(s) - psychology , medical education , graduate students , descriptive research , evaluation methods , pedagogy , medicine , engineering , reliability engineering , statistics , mathematics
Most doctoral programs in counseling require a preliminary or written comprehensive examination. The literature in professional journals concerning the composition, administration, scoring and evaluation of such examinations is scant. This article presents a description of how one doctoral program conducted such examinations for 25 students over a 3‐year period. Interjudge reliabilities are reported. The examinations describedwere conducted with limited resources and served well the needs of the department. Faculty and students seemed to be satisfied with the procedure.