General Guidelines for the MPA Comprehensive Exam
The exam begins at 9:00 AM and ends at noon. It is held in the BDAC computer lab in Baldwin Hall room 212. You should arrive at least 15 minutes early to sign in. You may type your responses or use pen and paper.
You cannot bring anything with you except a calculator, a pen (black ink), and white-out. No notes, books, cell phones, food, or drinks will be allowed. If you will be using a computer for your exam, please use 12 point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins (double spaced).
The exam covers four general subjects: (1) Public Administration and Democracy, (2) Public Personnel Administration, (3) Public Budgeting and Financial Administration, and (4) Public Management/Organizational Theory. Bring a calculator for the Public Budgeting and Finance questions. There will be at least two questions from each subject area; you are required to answer one from each area.
Please contact Anoush Ebrahimi (anoush@uga.edu) if you need to confirm that you have an active log in for the computers in BDAC.
Your exam is only identified by your social security number. Each exam is read and graded by two faculty members. If they split on their opinion, it goes to a third reader.
The faculty have 2 weeks to read the exams, after which you will be notified by email of your results.
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