Rules & Regulations

The MSIT Non-Thesis option requires successful completion of comprehensive examination and a graduate-level capstone project. All MSIT students who choose Non-Thesis Option must pass the Comprehensive Examination after satisfactorily passing the core courses (1832500, 1832501, 1832502, 1832505, 1832592). The Comprehensive Examination is conducted each semester by the MSIT Program committee.

The Comprehensive Examination has a written exam and an oral exam. The written exam constitutes 60% and the oral exam constitutes 40% of the total grade. The written exam covers three domains which are the core courses of the MSIT Program. The three domains are as follows:

Course #	Course Name
1832500	Introduction to Information Technology
1832501	Information Technology Infrastructures
1832502	Information Technology Management

The comprehensive examination committee consists of at least Three faculty members representing the three areas listed above. The comprehensive examination committee is appointed by the MSIT program committee. The comprehensive examination committee is responsible for conducting the written exam and the oral exam.

The structure of the comprehensive examination is as follows:

• Each written exam consists of Subjective types of Questions. The written exam can include Objective types of Questions at the discretion of the examiner. It is preferred that Objective types of Questions do not exceed 40% of the total grade.
• The syllabus for each written exam should cover the entire syllabus from the respective core course. The mode of the written exam may be OPEN book. However, the final decision is by the comprehensive examination committee.
• The duration of each written exam is 40 minutes.
• The duration of oral examination for each candidate is 20 minutes. Oral Exam is graded using the rubrics set by MSIT Comprehensive Committee.

The comprehensive examination committee conducts the exam and submits the result to the MSIT Program Director. The MSIT Program Director will then submit the grades to the college of graduate studies.

A student can appear for the comprehensive examination two times. A student who appears second time need not appear for all the exams. The student can choose to sit for the weak exams only. The grades of the previous exams will be retained for the second appearance. The grades in the second appearance is the maximum of first and second appearance for each exam.

The MSIT Comprehensive Examination will be held on the following dates:

Exam Type	Date
Written Exam	Monday of the 4th Week Every Semester
Oral Exam	Tuesday of the 4th Week Every Semester

The place and Time of the MSIT Comprehensive exam will be announced through circulation.

The syllabus of the MSIT Comprehensive exam is as follows:

Exam	Course #	Course Name	Syllabus
Exam I	1832500	Introduction to Information Technology	All Chapters
Exam II	1832501	Information Technology Infrastructures	All Chapters
Exam III	1832502	Information Technology Management	All Chapters

The grading system of the comprehensive examination is as follows:

Exam Type	Course #	%
Written Exam I	1832500	20%
Written Exam II	1832501	20%
Written Exam III	1832502	20%
Oral Exam	1832500 + 1832500 + 1832500	40%
The overall passing grade is 70%