Qualifying Exams

Timetables

• Students who enter the program as Masters' students and wish to apply to the PhD program must pass
  • 1 qualifying exam by the middle of second year
  • 2 exams by the end of second year
  and after entering the PhD program must then pass
  • 3 exams by the middle of their 3rd year
  • 4 exams by the middle of their 4th year
• Students who enter the program as Ph.D. students must pass
  • 1 qualifying exam by the middle of the first year
  • 2 exams by the end of the first year
  • 3 exams by the middle of their 2nd year
  • 4 exams by the end of their 2nd year

Grandfather provisions as of September 2005

• Current 2nd year students must pass
  • 1 qualifying exam by the middle of this year
  • 2 exams by the end of this year
  and then proceed with the timetable above.

• Current 3rd year students must pass
  • 3 qualifying exams by the middle of this year
  • 4 exams by the middle of next year
• Current 4th year students must pass
  • 4 qualifying exams by the end of this year

Syllabi for General Exams

• Algebra 1

• Analysis 1

Syllabi for Specialization Exams

• Algebra 2

• Analysis 2

• Combinatorics

• Geometry

• Ordinary Differential Equations

• Partial Differential Equations

• Probability

• Statistics

• Topology

Sample Qualifying Exams

Algebra

• General Algebra Qualifying, Spring 2003

• Concentration Algebra Qualifying, Spring 2003

• General Algebra, April 2005

• General Algebra, September 2005

• Algebra Concentration, September 2005

• Algebra Concentration, January 2006

• General Algebra, September 2006

• General Algebra, February 2007

• Algebra Concentration, February 2007

• General Algebra, April 2007

• General Algebra, September 2007

• Algebra 2, January 2008

Analysis

• Analysis 1, April 2005

• Analysis 2, April 2005

• Analysis 1, September 2005

• Analysis 1, January 2006

• Analysis 2, January 2006

• Analysis 1, April 2006

• Analysis 2, April 2006

• Analysis 1, September 2006

• Analysis 1, January, 2007

• Analysis 1, January 2008

Geometry

• Geometry, January 2005

• Geometry, January 2006

• Geometry, April 2006

• Geometry, January, 2007

• Geometry, April 2007

• Geometry, January 2008

Topology

• Topology Qualifying Spring 2003

• Topology Qualifying Winter 2004

• Topology, April 2005

• Topology, January 2006

• Topology, April 2007

• Topology, September 2007

• Topology, January 2008

Combinatorics

• Combinatorics, January 2005

• Combinatorics, January 2006

• Combinatorics, April 2007

Probability

• Probability, January 2006

• Probability, September 2006

• Probability, January, 2007

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