SPECIAL EDUCATION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION APPLICATION
Language, Literacy and Special Populations
PLEASE PRINT
Name
SHSU ID
E-mail address
Mailing Address
City
State
Home Phone (
1.
Zip Code
)
Work Phone (
)
Request to take the Comprehensive Examination during the following semester:
Check one:
____ Spring 2013
____ Fall 2012
2.
____ Summer 2012 (Written for fall)
Please indicate your major:
Special Education (Check one):
___ Generic Special Education
___ Educational Diagnostician Certification
3.
Total Hours
Total Hours ________
Please list all numbers and names of courses and names of professors taken at SHSU that apply to your Master's
degree.
Dept.
Course No.
Professor
Dept.
Course No.
Professor
Please list all courses by name transferred from another university that apply to your Master's degree
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
Do you plan to take any of the following? If so when?
Generic Special Education
Educational Diagnostician
TExES ___________
TExES ___________
Date_______________
Date ______________
5.
Briefly describe your current teaching or practicum situation.
6.
Reflecting on your master’s coursework and your teaching experiences, what do you consider to be your teaching
strengths?
7.
Identify two areas of your professional roles and responsibilities which are priorities for continued professional
growth and development in the future.
Signature (if electronically submitted, signature is inferred)
MAIL APPLICATION TO:
Department of Language Literacy and Special Populations
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341-2119
Or:
Email: sms023@shsu.edu
Date
Special Education
Guidelines and Study Suggestions for
The Comprehensive Examination
Language, Literacy and Special Populations
1. Comprehensive Examinations are scheduled Fall and Spring (there are NO oral comps
during the summer) to certify that students have completed all requirements for the Master of
Education degree.
2. Students should not schedule to take the comprehensive examination until they are in their
final semester of coursework. The semester for the comprehensive examination should
coincide with the semester for graduation. Students should make a serious effort to prepare
for the examination as failing could delay graduation and/or certification.
3. The semester before the anticipated graduation the student should apply to graduate (through
Registrar’s office) and to take the comprehensive examination (through LLSP office).
Example: Students who plan to complete coursework to graduate in the Spring Semester
should apply to graduate and to take comprehensive examination in the Fall Semester.
4. Course outlines and objectives, bibliographies and class notes and assignments should be
used in preparing for the examination. The types of questions asked will vary by content area
and change every semester. This is left to the discretion of individual Professor(s).
Responses to questions should reflect current research and literature, including extensive
references and citations.
5. Questions concerning the examination in particular area should be directed to the appropriate
program chair.
6. The written portion of the comprehensive examination will be mailed to students such that
students have 2 weeks to prepare their written responses. Written responses will be due back
to the departmental office by the specified date.
7. Professors will evaluate the written responses as High Pass, Pass, or Rail. Students will meet
with a panel of professors for a minimum of one hour for oral comprehensive exams. They
will discuss written responses, make a presentation, or respond in writing to additional items.
The specific nature of the review will be left to the discretion of the professors teaching in the
program area.
8. Students will be informed at the time of their review as to the results of their comprehensive
examination. Official results and/or results from additional written items will be mailed
within 3 weeks.
9. Students should attempt the comprehensive examination only once each semester. A reexamination shall be permitted on the exam when the candidate fails. A third examination
may be permitted upon approval of the appropriate academic dean, department chair or
program coordinator. Students must re-apply to take comprehensive examinations.