See below or the handbook for the new rules. There are only doctoral comprehensive exams. The doctoral exams are administered the week before the Fall and Spring semesters starts (i.e. January and August). The summer exam session has been eliminated. The Exams are always held on a Tuesday and Thursday

January 2005 Comprehensive Exam Schedule

• January 3- Morning Session (9-11): Real Analysis I and II
• January 3 - Afternoon Session (1-3): Complex Analysis I and II

• January 6- Morning Session (9-11): Modern Algebra and Algebra I and II
• January 6 - Afternoon Session (1-3): General Topology, Geometric, and Algebraic Topology I*

* A student may select two from the three choices; i.e., an exam in General and Geometric Topology, or an exam in General and Algebraic Topology, or an exam in Geometric and Algebraic Topology.

Comprehensive Exams: A Ph.D. student in Mathematics must select three (3) of the areas from the core requirements, listed in the handbook and in the Departmental Requirements for a Ph.D. Degree in APPLIED MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION or PURE MATHEMATICS, and for each must pass a comprehensive exam covering the content of the core courses taken in that area. The exams in Mathematics are given twice a year, in August and January. The comprehensive exams must commence within one year of residence after completing the required coursework. They must be completed within 25 months after the first exam is taken. A student may sit for an exam a maximum of three times. Students may substitute the writing of a paper, called a Minor Thesis, for one of the comprehensive exams.