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A 3 page paper which examines whether or not a graduating college senior should have to take a comprehensive exam in their major. The paper then argues they should not. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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major before they will be given a degree. As would be assumed there are those who believe this is a good practice, and others who think it is an unnecessary
waste of time and money. The following paper examines both sides of the controversy and argues that such an exam should not be mandatory. Graduating College: A Comprehensive
Exam? One institution, with reference to a major in English, presents the following reason for requiring a comprehensive exam: "To assure the English graduate faculty and the University that you
have, in fact, achieved this level of preparation and expertise, the MA comprehensive examination requires that you demonstrate your broad understanding of literary "periods," critical theory, and writing disciplines, in
various combinations, and your mastery of specific defining or representative works within those areas" (English Department, 2006). Another institution mirrors these statements and then adds that they feel to have
completed courses in a major does not mean that the student has demonstrated an ability to really comprehend the diversity of the subject, "integrate it with knowledge from other areas,
and to continue to learn and grow intellectually in an evolving profession" (Comprehensive Examination, 2006). This is also argued by another institution which further illustrates that the purpose of these
exams is not to fail a student, but to ensure they are ready and well educated for their field of study. Many people argue that if they enter into
an institution of higher learning, get more than adequate or passing grades, and complete all the necessary requirements they are clearly ready for their profession and have done what is
required of them to acquire their degree. They argue that the simple fact they have received the decent grades, done the work, and obviously learned should be enough to warrant
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