Graduate Studies in Applied
Mathematics: Preliminary Exams
Preliminary examinations are offered at the beginning and end of the Spring semester each year.
These are four closed-book written examinations in (i) differential equations, (ii) advanced calculus,
(iii) complex variables and (iv) linear algebra. The examinations are given at the advanced-
undergraduate/beginning-graduate level. For each of the four exams, students receive a score of 1,
2 or 3, as determined by the faculty committee in charge of the examination.
All students in AMGS are required to take the preliminary exams in the beginning of the Spring
semester in the first year of graduate studies. All students must obtain a score of at least 2 on all
four exams. A student may retake from one to four of the exams, but exams must be re-taken at
the end of the same Spring semester. If the student does not obtain a score of at least 2 on all four
exams after two attempts, he or she will be disqualified from further study in AMGS
Sample Exams
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