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Permission to take a course at another institution for transfer to Florida Tech subsequent to
being admitted to University College must be obtained from the cognizant academic unit
head prior to taking the course.
FINAL PROGRAM EXAMINATIONS
A final program examination is required for master’s degree programs with the exception of
those in the College of Business and University College for which there is no on-campus
counterpart.
Procedure for the development and grading of operations research (OR) comprehensive
examinations for off-campus students at Aberdeen, Fort Lee and the Virtual Campus:
1. The curriculum manager of the off-campus OR program will design the comprehensive
examination (i.e., determine areas to be tested, number of questions and/or problems,
weighting, time limits and other test parameters). Faculty members from the off-campus
sites (Aberdeen, Fort Lee and the Virtual Campus) may submit questions or problems with
associated solutions to the curriculum manager of the off-campus OR program for inclusion
in the examination. The department head for the operations research program from
the main campus will have the final oversight authority for examination design.
2. Comprehensive examinations may be administered at the off-campus sites and graded by
faculty members at the administering site. However, no grades will be final until both the
curriculum manager of the off-campus OR program and department head for the operations
research program from the main campus review the grading.
3. Off-campus sites shall notify the curriculum manager of the off-campus OR program
upon learning of an eligible student’s intent to sit for the comprehensive examination.
Notification shall include:
a. Student name and contact information
b. Anticipated examination date
c. Where examination will be administered (off-campus site)
d. Off-campus site point-of-contact
Every effort should be made to have comprehensive examinations administered and graded
no later than one month prior to the end of the intended graduation semester.
4. Completion of the examination report form will require these signatures:
a. Major Adviser: On this line, the name/signature of a full-time graduate faculty member
who is in the student’s program (i.e., operations research) will be entered. This must be
the student’s program chair or another full-time graduate faculty member of the student’s
academic unit designated by the student’s program chair.
b. Outside Member: On this line, the name/signature of a full-time graduate faculty member
who is administratively different from the student’s program will be entered. Typically,
this will be someone at the off-campus site who meets the above stated criteria.
c. Other Member: On this line, the name/signature of other committee members who
must be on the graduate faculty, but can be other than full time (adjunct, visiting, etc.).
Typically, this will be the curriculum manager of the off-campus OR program.
5. Only students with an overall GPA of 3.0 at the beginning of the term during which the
comprehensive examinations are administered are eligible to take the examination.
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