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Admission to degree work is contingent on (1) achieving a minimum score of 138 for Verbal Reasoning and a minimum score of 136 for Quantitative Reasoning, with a total combined score of at least 281 on the Graduate Record Examination, and (2) evaluation of the candidate's undergraduate transcript. These criteria are supplemented by a personal essay regarding the student's career goals directly related to the specific program of study (and emphasis area of appropriate).
Graduate students in the department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences must select either a thesis or a non-thesis option.
In addition to academic coursework, students must complete a 6 hour thesis project (PE 896) under the direction of a thesis advisor. At the time a student elects to write a thesis, the advisor and the Chair of the HPERLS Graduate Program Committee shall obtain approval from the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research on the composition of the committee by submitting a "Proposed Supervisory Committee" form. This committee will approve a thesis problem and guide the student in the writing of the thesis. The committee will also examine the student in the required oral examination at the completion of the project. The time and place of the examination will be determined by the Chair of the Committee.
Thesis and Thesis Committee
A completed thesis must be submitted for the approval of the thesis committee within two years from the completion of the course work. This time requirement may be waived at the discretion of the majority of the Department's Graduate Committee. The thesis committee shall consist of a minimum of three members:
In addition to their coursework, students pursuing the MAE in Physical Education Exercise Science, General Physical Education, or Physical Education Master Teacher must successfully complete a comprehensive examination prior to graduation. Comprehensive examinations are to be taken on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney unless an off campus site and a waiver for the on campus requirement are approved by a majority vote of the HPERLS graduate faculty. Comprehensive examinations will be offered the last week of March, June, and October. The comprehensive written examination will consist of at least three questions.
Scoring of the comprehensive written exam will be scored as
After a student takes a second comprehensive examination, the student will be given the same scoring as above, except in any situation in which the student receives a score of No Pass the committee will then recommend to the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research that the candidate be refused graduation.
Comprehensive Examination Committee
The comprehensive exam committee will consist of two graduate faculty members of the student's choosing within their field of study, with the Graduate Program Chair (or another graduate faculty member if the Graduate Program Chair is on the exam committee) serving as a third member if arbitration of grading is needed.
20 May 2014
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