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<p class="MsoNormal">BPHY Graduate students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a reminder about the comprehensive exam. Please see the information below for details.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <b>Written Comprehensive Exam is taking place on Friday, June 17<sup>th</sup>, 2022, from 9AM to 12PM</b>. Students should take the exam at the end of their first year and no later than the end of their second year and it will take
place at Boyce Hall 2476.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year’s Comprehensive Examination will be in-person and closed book/notes. Please be aware that the rules governing the Comprehensive Examination vary from program to program. In the case of Biophysics, last year's exam was done remotely
due to campus-wide COVID protocols, and it was unrealistic to expect it to one closed book/notes since everyone was at home on their computers. With the lifting of the COVID protocols, the exam will return to being in-person, and will again be closed book/notes.
Faculty involved in the preparation and grading of the exam will be asked to keep this in mind regarding the types of questions that will be asked and the way the responses will be graded.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">There will be 80 points worth of questions from BCH 184, 80 points from BCH 210, 60 points from BIOL 203 and 60 points from PHY 246. You can expect questions of the type you had on the respective course exams, and you should review notes
and handouts as if studying for a final exam. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions regarding the qualifying exams or the timeline for completing those, please email me and I will be more than happy to address those questions separately.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Fidel Rivas</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Student Services Advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
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CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="mailto:fidelr@ucr.edu">fidelr@ucr.edu</a> | (951) 827-5688<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Plant Biology (PLBL), Environmental Toxicology (ENTX) & BioPhysics (BPHY)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://doodle.com/mm/fidelrivas/fidel-rivas-bookable-calendar">https://doodle.com/mm/fidelrivas/fidel-rivas-bookable-calendar</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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