Exit Exam

All M.S. students must take an exit exam, the Major Field Test (MFT) in Computer Science, a product of Educational Testing Services (ETS) of Princeton, NJ. In order to graduate, the student must score at least 150 (exam scores range from 120 to 200), which is presently the national median. This exam will be offered once in fall semester and once in spring semester. (Note that there is no summer offering.)

As of Fall 2008, MS students will take this exam twice, the first time as they enter and the second time as they leave.  The requirement of scoring 150 is applied to the second exam only.  However, the score on the first exam will dictate when the second exam is taken, as follows:

1. the MFT exam is taken for the first time in the first semester at UAB
2. if you score 150 or better, your second MFT exam is taken in your last semester at UAB (unless this is summer, in which case you need to take in the spring semester)
3. if you score less than 150 in your first attempt, your second MFT exam is taken in your penultimate semester at UAB (unless this is spring, in which case you need to take in the fall semester).

Rule 3) allows you the chance to retake the exam again if you fail to get 150 or more.