Qualifying Exams

Here you may view past qualifying exams given to Ph.D. students in the fall and spring semesters. Incoming first-year Ph.D. students have the opportunity to pass the exams in the fall. Students that pass an exam in the fall are informed by the instructor whether they need to attend the course or not, but in either case do not have to re-take the exam in the spring (or the winter, in the case of Complex Variables). Each exam is given again during the year. Complex Variables is administered again at the end of the fall semester, and Algebra, Real Analysis, and Topology are given at the end of the spring semester. All first-year students are expected to have passed all four exams by the end of the spring.

• Algebra: Fall 1995
• Complex Variables: Fall 1997
• Topology: Fall 1990
• Topology: Spring 1997
• Topology: Fall 1998
• Analysis: Fall 1998