Information for Graduate Students, 2006-2007

Please send any questions or comments to gradprog@math.wvu.edu.

Information Especially for New Students

This is a link to information for incoming students.

Information on Fall, 2006 Courses

A listing of courses offered in the fall, with a general description of the course and its role in the graduate program, and links to information provided by the instructor.

Information about the Graduate Program and policies for current students

Graduate Handbook

The complete graduate handbook, updated for 2006, with details on program requirements and exams.

Complete listing of mathematics graduate courses from graduate catalog

Basic exam in Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra A description of the basic exam. Also appears in the Graduate Handbook.

Ph.D. Entrance exam/M.S. Advanced Exam

You can find administrative details of this exam in the Graduate Handbook. You choose two areas to be examined from Real Analysis, Topology, Algebra, Differential Equations.

Special Admission to the Ph.D. program

Admission to the Ph.D. program normally requires an M.S. degree in mathematics, or an equivalent degree. In some cases, when students have an unusually strong undergraduate background, and/or perform exceptionally well during their first year of M.S. study, provisional admission to the Ph.D. program can be granted without an M.S. degree. This document discusses the details of the relevant policy.

Institute for Mathematics Learning: Teaching Seminar

This seminar is run by the Institute for Mathematics Learning and is taken for one academic year by Graduate Teaching Assistants. This is the syllabus from 2004-2005, but it should give you an idea of course content and requirements.

Graduate Seminar

The graduate seminar (Math 696) has been re-designed to include a one-semester course in “professional tools” (for all graduate students), a series of three talks by doctoral students, and attendance at mathematics presentations during the year. Doctoral students enroll for one credit hour of graduate seminar each semester they are in residence. A form to record presentations attended and given can be obtained here.

Policy Statement on Teaching and Training of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Institute for Combinatorial Computing and Discrete Mathematics

The CCDM Institute draws together faculty and students in the Department of Mathematics,  and the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,  working in areas of joint interest such as graph theory, combinatorics, and algorithms. The CCDM seminar is held weekly, usually at the Mathematics Department.

CCDM program in mathematics    (Approval pending)

The CCDM program is a joint effort of the Departments of Mathematics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Statistics whose goal is to train Ph.D. students in the multidisciplinary area of CCDM, drawing on the resources of the three departments and providing a common core of basic courses. Mathematics students in the CCDM program will receive a Ph.D. in mathematics with Combinatorial Computing and Discrete Mathematics as a designated area of emphasis. Program requirements specific to mathematics students can be found in the linked document.