Graduate Students
Graduate Students: Information about programs, financial support, courses, researchComprehensive Exams for the Doctoral Program
Syllabi for comprehensive exams
Fourier Analysis (for students entering before Fall 2009)
Numerical Analysis (for students entering Fall 2009 or later)
Numerical Analysis (for students entering before Fall 2009)
Doctoral Candidacy Status: Qualifying Exam and Thesis Proposal
Doctoral Candidacy Status
Candidacy status is an important attainment for doctoral students. The student must complete at least 10 dissertation hours in candidacy status before graduation. The condition for granting candidacy status by the Graduate College is the approval of a thesis proposal by the student's advisory committee. The Department of Mathematics requires in addition that the student pass a Qualifying Exam before submitting the thesis proposal.
Purpose of the Qualifying Exam
The purpose of the Qualifying Exam is to test students in their area of specialization in order to determine their readiness to write a thesis in that particular area.
Schedule and Application Procedures
Forms
Here are some forms in pdf format for downloading.
2009 Program Revision
The faculty of the Department of Mathematics has approved revisions to the graduate program. These revisions apply to students entering a degree program in the fall of 2009. The revisions are described here. The document does not include the degree requirements for the M.S. in mathematics education because those requirements have not changed.
Foreign Language Requirement for Doctoral Students
The foreign language requirement for doctoral students depends on the area of specialization.
Applied Mathematics
The advisory committee of a student in applied mathematics must be satisfied that the student has a strong working ability with a computer language or symbolic computation.
Mathematics Education
There is no foreign language requirement for the Ph.D. degree with specialization in mathematics education; however, it is expected that students in mathematics education exhibit a strong working ability of calculator and computer-assisted instruction, which is then documented in their professional development portfolio.
Pure Mathematics: Foreign Language Reading Proficiency Examination
Graduate Minor in Mathematics
Adopted November 15, 1999
The Department of Mathematics offers a Graduate Minor to those graduate students who complete substantial upper division or graduate work in mathematics. A Ph.D. student must take at least two graduate courses in mathematics. A statement of the precise requirements is on the following page.
The requirements should guarantee that a Master's student minoring in mathematics acquires at least as much mathematical competence as one obtaining an undergraduate degree in mathematics. However, the Department of Mathematics waives the following specific requirements.
- Math 3613 and Math 4023
- The two six hour breadth requirements for upper division hours in Computer Science, Physics or other field or courses numbered 4000 and above in Mathematics or Statistics.
Minor Thesis
Students who have passed two comprehensive exams may, with the approval of their advisor, substitute a minor thesis for one of the comprehensive exams.
The minor thesis must be a creative, written work of research or exposition on a topic of mathematical content that is:
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