CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES
College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
APPLICATION FOR: COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION (CE 596)
Quarter:
❒ Fall ❒ Winter
❒ Spring ❒ Summer
Date: _________________________ Call #_____________________________
(Leave Blank)
Last Name:
Year:
Section #_____________________
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First Name:
CIN:
Address:
City/State: __________________________________________________ Zip Code: _______________________________
Telephone: (Home)
1.
WPE Date:
2.
Date of
Business:
❒
Taken
Email:
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Expected (WPE MUST BE COMPLETED)
Classified:
Quarter/Year (MUST BE CLASSIFIED)
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4.
Date of advancement in candidacy: _________________________________________________________________
Quarter/ Year (MUST BE ADVANCED)
Comprehensive Examination Committee Members
Faculty Committee Chairperson_________________________
(Signature of Faculty)
Faculty______________________________________________
(Signature of Faculty)
Faculty______________________________________________
(Signature of Faculty)
5.
Date__________________________
Date__________________________
Date__________________________
(1) List of topics to be covered by the comprehensive examination, if applicable.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of the comprehensive is approximately in the 8th week of the fall and spring quarters.
b.
Approved:
_________________________________________________________________________________
Department Chairman, Signature
Date
_________________________________________________________________________________
Graduate Coordinator, Associate Dean, Signature
Date
Note*** Comprehensive Examination may be taken only two (2) times and in your last quarter in attendance.
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ATTENTION ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS!
ALL OF THE MS ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY ACCREDITED
BY WASC (WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES)
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS ALSO HAVING OUR MS
PROGRAMS ABET ACCREDITED
IN ORDER TO EARN THIS SECOND ACCREDITATION, SOME NEW
REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR GRADUATE PROGRAMS
STARTING WINTER:
Each of you must complete and electronically submit the following materials to the department
coordinator before you will be allowed to enroll in the Comp Exam (596) or Thesis (599).
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5.
Resume
Life-long learning essay
Lab report
Contemporary issues essay
Abstract of a Design Project
Civil Engineering Students send your
materials to Donna Melendez
Email: dmelend@cslanet.calstatela.edu
Subject: New Engr Grad Req (CE 596/599)
1. Resume
2. Life-long learning essay
Please write a one-page statement about the appreciation for “life-long learning you have
gained from your degree program at Cal. State LA. And address the following questions:
1. Do you see the benefit for continuous learning throughout your life time?
2. How has your degree program shown/demonstrated the benefit of life-long learning?
3. What are your long-term professional and personal goals?
4. How will continuous learning throughout your lifetime allow you to achieve your long- term
goals?
5. What types of formal (college degrees) and informal (seminars, self-study) future learning
avenues are you planning to pursue?
3. Lab Report
Submit a lab report from any of your science or engineering courses that were completed
during your graduate or undergraduate program.
4. Contemporary issues essay
Write a one-page paper discussing how the knowledge of current events and contemporary
issues (non-engineering related) will benefit you in your engineering career.
5. Abstract of a Design Project
Please submit an abstract of a design project that was completed during your graduate or
undergraduate program.
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