CS Prelim Exam Information

Spring 2010 Preliminary Exam Applications are due on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 by 12:00pm.
PLEASE NOTE: Hard copy applications are no longer accepted. You must submit the application on-line ONLY through MY EECS INFO.
If you must submit a petition with your application (see below), the petition must be submitted to the Graduate Assistant in hard copy by the above deadline.

Prelim Requirements REMINDER....

• Only students admitted to the Ph.D. program are permitted to sign up for the oral prelim exam.
• If you entered the program with a master's degree in CS, you need to take the oral prelim exam in your 2nd semester and complete all prelim requirements (oral + breadth courses) by the end of your 3rd semester.
• If you entered the graduate program with a bachelor's degree, you need to take the oral prelim exam in your 3rd semester and complete all prelim requirements (oral + breadth courses) by the end of your 4th semester.
• You must be registered the semester the oral prelim exam is taken.
• You must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 in courses taken at Berkeley while in graduate standing. (Any graded units of 299 and 298 are not included in this computation.)
• You need to score at least a 6.0 out of 10.0 to pass.
• The exam is usually scheduled during the 3rd week of classes. Further details will be emailed to those who sign up.
• If you anticipate any delay in fulfilling the prelim requirement or have any prelim issues, you must petition the Prelim Committee by completing the appropriate form: (Word) or (PDF).

Prelim Exam Areas, Syllabi, and Questions:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) / ?s
  
• Architecture (AR) / ?s
  
• Computer-Aided Design (CAD) - MS Word
• Database Management Systems (DB) / ?s
  
• Graphics (GR) / ?s
  
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) / ?s
  
• Networking (NET) / ?s
  
• Numerical Methods (NM) / ?s
  
• Operating Systems (OS) / ?s
  
• Parallel Processing (PP) / ?s
  
• Programming Languages (PL) / ?s
  
• Security & Privacy (SEC) / ?s
  
• Theory (TH)
  

(Please send me the URL of updated syllabi if any of the above are outdated or missing.)

lashana@cs
October 2009

EECS Graduate Student Affairs