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Exit Exam Overview
WHAT ARE EXIT EXAMS & WHAT DO I DO?
As you get close to graduating, you will be required to complete a graduation application in the semester prior to completing your final 18 or less requirements. One of the last academic requirements in your program of study is the completion of exit examinations. You may begin any exit exams required for your general education and major/minor concentrations once you have received a grade for the required course(s) assessed by each exit exam. In your final semester, you will be required to complete all the exit examinations covering general education and major/minor area of study. We will seek you out about set times to administer these exams here on the Matthews Campus.
The primary purpose of the exit exams is to assess students’ achievement in the general education courses and the courses in their major/minor area of study. Certainly students have already demonstrated a high level of proficiency through earning passing grades in these courses. Organizations that accredit college and universities, however, often require an additional demonstration of achievement through passing scores on objective examinations.
To accomplish this goal, the Wingate University Faculty has developed questions representing each of the required general education courses and the courses in the major/minor. Some of the credits for general education requirements may have been completed at another institution. The objective examinations assess knowledge that one should have from the study of these subjects regardless of who taught the course or where the course was offered.
General Education Exit Exams
The general education exams are set in the following manner:
1)
ETS® Proficiency Profile
(formerly known as MAPP exam) is a 36 question, multiple choice exam, it will measure your general academic knowledge and skill. It is a 40 minute timed test. A passing score for this exam is a 430 or higher. Students who receive a 430 or higher have fulfilled their Math, Natural Science, and Social/Behavioral Science exit exam requirements. This exam can be taken once the student has completed their Math, Natural Science, and Social/Behavioral Science course requirements; however, it is recommended the student take the ETS Proficiency Profile when a majority of his/her general education courses are completed.
You will also have various exams in the
General Education courses
taken throughout your undergraduate degree:
2) A
comprehensive exam on your English skills
where you will compose a short essay explaining a poem
3)
GPS 120/HIST 101 and GPS 320/HIST 102
- both are short essay exams
4)
Fine Arts
- short essay exam
5)
Public Speaking
- multiple choice exam
6)
GPS 110/REL 100 level
- multiple choice/short answer exam
7)
GPS 310/REL 400 level
- essay exam
Major Concentration Exit Exams
(Human Services; Organizational Communication and Management)
The concentration or major portion of your exit exam will consist of your major courses. Students who major in Organizational Communication and Management will be required to take ten exit exams, which make up the 30 credits of this major. Human Services majors will be required to take twelve exit exams, which make up the 36 credits of this major These exams are typically 20 questions, multiple choice; however, a few are short answer questions.
Minor Concentration Exit Exams
(Business Administration; Human Services; and Organizational Communication)
The concentration or minor portion of your exit exam will consist of your minor courses, six in all which make up the 18 credits of your minor. These exams are typically 20 questions, multiple choice; however, a few are short answer questions. If you double minor, you will be required to take exit exams for both minors.
Grading
To earn a passing score, you need to answer
60 percent or more
of the questions correctly. Two separate scores are required for passing,
60% or higher in your general education and 60% or higher in your major/minor
. If your overall score is lower than that, a make up test will be constructed for only those courses in which your score was lower than 60 percent. You
may wish to review notes from any course
that was especially difficult for you and/or contact the professor of that course to schedule a review session.
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