Proficiency Examinations

Computer Proficiency

The Computer Proficiency) is a graduation requirement at Fisk University. Students must either pass CSCI 100, CSCI 110, or BAD 110 before receiving a degree from Fisk. Transfer students who demonstrate that they have passed a course comparable to CSCI 100, CSCI 110, or BAD 110 at their previous institution will satisfy the computer proficiency requirement.

Major Field Tests

Major Field Tests and Exit examinations are required. Senior students are administered these exams during the academic year they expect to graduate. Acceptable scores are determined by each discipline and consequences for underperformance varies. Students may have to repeat the test(s). Results from both examinations are used to 1) provide an index to student learning; and 2) to make appropriate modifications to curricula, teaching methodologies and course sequences.