MPA Comprehensive Examination Application and Information Sheet

(This document is for the Foundations Examination and the Capstone Examination)

1. The Exam Date for the Foundations and the Capstone Examinations is Friday, December 12, 1997.

2. The Capstone Examination begins at 9:00 AM and ends at 1:00 PM. (Instructions 9:00-9:15; Fiscal Policy/Accounting and Auditing 9:15-10:15; Research Methods 10:30-11-30; Policy Analysis 11:45 to 12:45. Each part is ONE HOUR.) Captone Exam Room is 3317, North Hall.

3. The Foundations Examination begins at 1:00 PM and ends at 5:00 PM. (Instructions 1:00-1:15; Foundations of Public Administration 1:15-2:15; Organization Theory 2:30-3:30; Human Resources Management 3:45 to 4:45. Each part is ONE HOUR.) Foundations Exam Room is 3420, North Hall.

4. Exam times are fixed. Students only taking one part of an exam must take that part when scheduled. Students arriving late for any part will only have the time remaining in the hour to complete that part. No make-up exams are given, the next scheduled administration of these exams is in May 1998.

5. Results (Pass/Fail) of the CAPSTONE EXAMINATION only will be posted in the Public Management Department on Tuesday, December 23, 1997 at 3:00 PM, and placed on voice mail at 212-237-8086. Detailed results and counseling will be available during Spring registration periods.

6. Results of the FOUNDATIONS EXAMINATION will be posted in the Public Management Department on Thursday, January 15, 1998 at 3:00 PM. Detailed results and counseling relative to those results will be available during Spring registration periods.

7. DO NOT sign up for the Capstone Examination unless you will have at least thirty credits completed, with grades given, by the end of the Fall semester. Students who have not taken 30 or more credits at that time, or whose unresolved "incompletes" as of November 7, 1997 preclude the achievement of 30 graded credits by the end of the term, may not take the Capstone Examination.

8. Students MUST sign up for and take the Foundations Examination upon completion of PAD 700, 702 and 705. These courses must be completed within the first 15 credits of the MPA Program. When these courses are completed, the Foundations Comprehensive examination must be taken. Students who fail to take the Foundations Examination in a timely fashion are subject to academic programming restrictions and may be barred from registering for further classes until the Foundations Exam has been taken. No student, regardless of the number of credits earned, may take the Capstone Examination until the Foundations Examination has been taken.

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To: Professor Mabel Gomes, Room 3526, Public Management Department

I, ____________________________ (ßPRINT your name), want to sign up for the Fall 1997

[ ] Capstone Examination [ ] Foundations Examination Your phone _______________

Check only one box unless the following applies to you. Only RETAKE Foundations Examination students with enough credits to qualify for the Capstone Examination may apply for both exams, and may take both exams only with Professor O'Hara's permission after being interviewed by him.