CS Prelim Exam Information

Fall 2009 Prelim Applications are Due: FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009.

• Sign Up Sheet (Word)
• Sign Up Sheet (.pdf)
• Sign Up Sheet (text)

Hard copies are also available in 449 Soda Hall.

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(Please send me the URL of updated syllabi if any of the above are outdated or missing.)

Prelim Requirements REMINDER....

• The oral prelim exam is for Computer Science Ph.D. students - no M.S. students are permitted to sign up for the exam.
• If you already have an M.S. in CS, you need to sign up for the oral prelim exam by the 2nd semester of your Ph.D. program, and complete all prelim requirements (oral + breadth courses) by the end of your 3rd semester.
• If you entered the graduate program without an M.S. in CS, you should sign up for the oral prelim exam by the 3rd semester of your Ph.D. program, and complete all prelim requirements by the end of your 4th semester.
• 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 need to petition the Prelim Committee by completing the appropriate form: (Word) or (PDF).

lashana@cs
October 2008

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