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Graduate Student Orientation August , 2013

Graduate Student Orientation August , 2013. People : Administration: Department Chair: Eddie Fuller 320 Arm (main office ) Associate Chair: Hong- Jian Lai 320 Arm Graduate Director: Harvey Diamond 410J Arm Office staff (320 Arm) :

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Graduate Student Orientation August , 2013

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  1. Graduate Student Orientation August, 2013 People: Administration: Department Chair: Eddie Fuller 320 Arm (main office) Associate Chair: Hong-Jian Lai 320 Arm Graduate Director: Harvey Diamond 410J Arm Office staff (320 Arm): Joann Mayhew – graduate records, financial matters, offices, etc. Kristine Bowsher – reception, supplied Institute for Mathematics Learning: Mike Mays, Director (320 Arm – main office suite) Betsy Kuhn, Lab Manager, (217 Arm) scheduling for lab work, GTA seminar (Math 590), bkuhn@math.wvu.edu Jessica Deshler, (308F Arm) GTA coordinator, teaching seminar

  2. Teaching schedules: Mary Beth Angeline (301C Arm) Computer accounts: Fill out application for Departmental account Suggested User name: First initial + last name Please check your email daily, especially this and next week! You can use another address as your default (e.g. Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail etc) All things computer: Richard Holsberry (311 Arm) Please keep your requests to departmental business. GTA’s/GRA’s: Joann Mayhew is in charge of getting you on the payroll. New students without assistantships: Part-time work may be available. See or email Betsy Kuhn (IML Lab Manager, Rm217) and tell her you’re a math graduate student and I sent you. Bring a copy of your course schedule, as she needs to fill time-specific openings if you are assisting students. Supplementary Health insurance: Free for GTA’s/GRA’s. Can be purchased at a reasonable price by graduate students who are not graduate assistants.

  3. Information on the graduate program: Click “Graduate” link under “Academic Programs” on the main web page. Graduate Handbook link. University Workshop for new GTA’s (required!): August 12, 2012. There is also an online component to complete. Basic Exam for M.S. students: Friday, August 16, 10:00-12:30 PM in 315 Armstrong. Used for placement into Math 451/551; and Math 543. There is a take-home part due next Tuesday by 12:00 P.M. IML Lab meeting: For those working in the lab. With Betsy Kuhn, time will be announced. Check your email for your scheduled hours if you are working in the lab. SPEAK Test: For GTA’s who native language is not English. You will either pass, or be placed into required remedial English classes. Appointment with Karen Allen at Karen.Allen@mail.wvu.edu The Department will cover the exam fee for one exam each semester. Location: 135 EieslandHall. If you are not a GTA it is advisable to take the SPEAK test if you would like to work with students at some point. If you do not pass, you will be placed in ESL classes that are required for GTA’s.

  4. Required enrollments!! GTA’s: Enroll for one credit hour of Math 590 each semester. This course is based on your work as a GTA. It is also used for the teaching seminar in the spring. Further information on your GTA duties will be provided by the GTA Coordinator, Professor Deshler. Ph.D. students: Enroll for one credit hour of Math 696 Graduate Seminar each semester. This requires you to attend 5 talks each semester (by faculty, visitors, other graduate students, etc). You yourself are required to give three talks while you are a Ph.D. student. See the linked information for details. All graduate students: You are required to take the Professional Tools Seminar once during your graduate program. This is offered as Math 694 in the spring semester each year.

  5. Building facilities: Departmental office suite: 320 Armstrong Faculty/Grad student offices on floors 2,3 & 4 IML computer labs on 2nd floor, Rm. 213/215, 3rd floor Rm. 303, 4th floor Mathematics Learning Center, Room 300 (study/tutoring areas for undergrads, classroom lab, computers for general use) Mailroom/Lounge: Mailboxes, refrigerator, coffee/tea, photocopiers, computers, networked printer, hang out with other grad students & faculty GA’s & Ph.D. students can get a PIN number for the photocopier to do research or job-related copying Wireless service exists in Armstrong and around campus. To use wireless you must activate your MasterID. The username and password should be the same as Mix/Star.

  6. Courses: GTA’s: Math 590 – enroll every semester. Teaching seminar taken in spring of first year (an option for other students) Ph.D. students enroll each semester for one credit hour of Math 696 (graduate seminar). Professional tools seminar: Math 694, offered in spring. Required once for each graduate student. (Do not also register for Math 696 when you take it) Full-time is 9 credit hours (3 courses).Graduate Assistants must be full-time students. Graduate assistants should enroll for (at least) three regular courses in addition to seminar hours. Grades: We generally expect at least a B in your courses. Certain required courses require a B or better for program credit. Full-time students should complete, at a minimum, at least two mathematics courses each semester toward your degree, with a grade of B or better. See Graduate Handbook for more details.

  7. Programs: (see graduate handbook for details) M.S. program: 27-33 credit hours, exams, project, thesis, depending on option Required for all options: Advanced Calculus (Math 451-452 or Math 551) and Linear Algebra (Math 543), all with a B (average in 451/452) Courses currently offered on a yearly basis (except as noted) : Math 541-641 Algebra sequence Math 551-651 Real Analysis sequence Math 581-681 Topology sequence Math 521-522 Numerical Analysis/Numerical PDE’s Math 563 Modeling (fall) Math 564 Differential Equations (spring) Math 543 Linear Algebra (spring) Math 567-568 Advanced calculus for engineering/sci students Math 571 Combinatorics (spring) Math 573 Graph theory (fall) Math 578 Applied Discrete Math (Cryptography) (spring)

  8. Also: Math 545-645 Number Theory (offered alternate years) Math 555 Complex variables (alternate years) Exams: M.S. Advanced Exam (for option A & C) Within three years, pass two areas from Algebra, Real Analysis, Topology, Differential Equations (see graduate handbook, online for exam details) Option B: Industrial/Applied mathematics – 33 hrs + project Mathematics for Secondary Educators option – 33 hours + exams

  9. Ph.D. program: 24 hours of course work past M.S. 24+(12 to 18) hours if admitted provisionally with Bachelor’s degree Graduate seminar – Math 696, enroll for one credit hr each semester Major area of 4 courses(all 700-level) Two minor areasof two courses each (at least one 700-level in each). One minor area must be from a “different” part of mathematics from your major area. Courses below 700 in a minor area need approval. Recognized areas are listed in graduate handbook. RUME option (Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education) Complete 4 course RUME concentration + 6 grad courses (must cover two minors and four 700-level mathematics courses at a minimum) Faculty Research Interests Discrete mathematics (graph theory, combinatorics) Differential Equations (ODE’s, PDE’s) Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Applied mathematics (Mathematical Biology, Image Processing, Neural Networks, Data Mining, etc) Topology

  10. Doctoral Courses: In general specific courses offered depend on students, faculty interest. Regularly offered: Math 751-752 Functional Analysis (alternate years) Math 757-758 Partial Differential Equations (alternate years) Often offered Math 747 Advanced Topics in Algebra (fall) Usually one or two each semester from algebra, graph theory, combinatorics Usually one or two from applied analysis, applied mathematics Advanced topology courses offered depending on interest Other advanced courses recently offered: Algebraic Topology Analytic Number Theory Matroid Theory Advanced Topics in Graph Theory Advanced Topics in Combinatorics Systems Biology Exams: Entrance exam to be passed within two years of enrolling. Qualifying exam within three years. Thesis defense.

  11. Fall courses Please make an appointment to discuss your course selections with me if you have not already done so, or if you have any questions. Course selections can be freely changed up to the end of the first week of classes. Courses cannot be added after the first week of class. You can drop a course up to week 10. Registration, student accounts, transcripts, etc: MIX system: http://www.mix.wvu.edu Can access STAR system from MIX STAR system : http://star.wvu.edu Other items: Most offices have computers, with networked printers on each floor. A few computers are available inside mailroom and at Learning Center. Can use IML computers on 2nd floor during open lab. Copying – Department copier in mailroom may be used by graduate assistants for work related to teaching duties and by Ph.D. students for research copying. The mailroom copier needs a pin #. Items can be scanned and emailed to yourself.

  12. Other: Refrigerator/microwave available in lounge Free AMS, SIAM memberships for graduate students

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