CS Prelim Exam Information

PLEASE NOTE: Applications must be submitted on-line through MY EECS INFO.
Applications for the Fall 2012 Preliminary Exam are due on TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 .
If you must submit a petition with your application (see below), the petition must be submitted to the CS Graduate Advisor, Christopher Hunn 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).
• Once you have completed your prelim requirements (oral exam and breadth courses), you must complete a Tentative Program of Study Card (Blue Card).

Prelim Exam Areas, Syllabi, and Questions:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Architecture (AR): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Computational Biology (BIO): [ syllabus ]
• Computer-Aided Design (CAD): [ syllabus ]
• Database Management Systems (DB): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Graphics (GR): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI): [ questions ]
• Networking (NET): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Numerical Methods (NM): [ questions ]
• Operating Systems (OS): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Parallel Processing (PP): [ questions ]
• Programming Languages (PL): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Security & Privacy (SEC): [ syllabus / questions ]
• Theory (TH): [ syllabus ]

(Please send me the URL of updated syllabi if any of the above are outdated or missing.)

cthunn@eecs
March 2012

EECS Graduate Student Affairs