Comprehensive Requirement

Students fulfill the Senior Comprehensive requirement by successfully completing AMST 490 and a 25-page research essay in the fall

semester of senior year.

Students will receive a final grade for the AMST 490 course. Completion of the 25-page essay will determine a large portion of that grade, but not its entirety; other course requirements (meeting deadlines, class participation, presentations, in-class work) factor into the final grade in AMST 490.

The AMST 490 instructor is the primary Senior Comprehensive advisor; students will also have a second reader from the department for the comps essay. The comps advisor and second reader provide feedback through the draft-revision process and assess the final comps essay to determine distinction, pass, or fail.