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Graduate Student Orientation August, 2017

Graduate Student Orientation August, 2017. People : Administration: Interim Department Chair: Marjorie Darrah 320 Arm (main office ) Associate Chair: Hong- Jian Lai 320 Arm Graduate Director: Harvey Diamond 410J Arm Undergraduate Director: David Miller Office staff (320 Arm) :

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Graduate Student Orientation August, 2017

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  1. Graduate Student Orientation August, 2017 People: Administration: Interim Department Chair: Marjorie Darrah 320 Arm (main office) Associate Chair: Hong-Jian Lai 320 Arm Graduate Director: Harvey Diamond 410J Arm Undergraduate Director: David Miller Office staff (320 Arm): Kristine Bowsher – reception, payroll, office & mailbox allocation, textbooks, supplies Institute for Mathematics Learning: Jessica Deshler, (308F Arm) GTA coordinator, teaching seminar deshler@math.wvu.edu Betsy Kuhn, Lab Manager, (217 Arm) scheduling for lab work, bkuhn@math.wvu.edu

  2. Teaching/course schedules: Mary Beth Angeline (320 Arm). Computers: Wireless access is available around campus. You need to activate your ‘MyID’ . Your Mix id and password is used to do this. WVU maintains site licenses for a variety of software that is either free or low cost. (E.g. MS Office, Matlab are free for students, Kaspersky antivirus software is free) All things computer: Richard Holsberry (311 Arm) Please keep your requests to departmental business. Make sure you apply for a departmental account. GTA’s/GRA’s & other employment: Kristine Bowsher is in charge of getting you on the payroll. New students without assistantships: Part-time work may be available. You can apply online at https://math.wvu.edu/jobs Heath Insurance: Heath insurance is mandatory. If you already have your own health insurance, you can submit a waiver to avoid the cost. Deadline for this is 8/21. Graduate assistants are provided this insurance automatically at no cost. A partial GTA is covered for half the insurance cost.

  3. Information on the graduate program: Click “Current Students” on the main web page. The Graduate Handbook link will take you to the various programs and policies. University Workshop for new GTA’s (required!): This has already passed (Aug. 10) . If you missed it or become a GTA later, you should at least do the onlineportion– directions are at the linked page. Basic Exam for M.S. students: Monday, August 13, 1:30-3:30 PM in 315 Armstrong. Used for placement into Math 451/551; and Math 543. There is a take-home part due Thursday by 12:00 P.M. SPEAK Test: For GTA’s who native language is not English. You will either pass, or be placed into required remedial English classes. See me to make an appointment. The Department will cover the exam fee for one exam each semester. 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: WVU’s wireless service appears as WVUENCRYPTED . To use wireless you must activate your MasterID. The username and password is the same as Mix/Star.

  6. Courses: 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. Most students enroll for three courses and then one or two seminar hours as required. International students generally need to be full time. You can take up to 16 (?) credits at no extra charge past 9 credits. 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. A 3.0 GPA is required in course work presented for the degree. The University requires a minimum 2.75 overall GPA in order to graduate. Don’t get a D or F, it is hard for your overall GPA to recover from that. If you are hopelessly failing a course please see me.

  7. Programs: (see graduate handbook for details) M.S. program: 31-34 credit hours, exams, project, thesis, depending on area of emphasis (AOE) Required for all options: Real Analysis (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)

  8. Also: Math 545 Number Theory (offered alternate years) Math 555 Complex variables (alternate years) Exams: M.S. Advanced Exam (for Pure, Applied Mathematics AOE’s) Within three years, pass two areas from Algebra, Real Analysis, Topology, Differential Equations (see graduate handbook, online for exam details) Interdisciplinary Mathematics AOE– 34 hrs + project Mathematics for Secondary Educators AOE – 34 hours + 4 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 or the RUME sequence) 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. A course below 700 in a minor area needs 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, Computational relativity) Foundations: Algebra, Set-Theoretic Real Analysis

  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) Math 683-783 Set Theory (usually alternate years) Math 747 Advanced Topics in Algebra (often offered yearly) Mathematical Systems Biology (about every other year) Math 771-772 Matroid theory (usually every other year) Combinatorial optimization (usually every other year) Usually one or two each semester from algebra, graph theory, combinatorics Usually one or two from applied analysis, applied mathematics Advanced Topics in Graph Theory Advanced Topics in Combinatorics Exams: Entrance exam to be passed by spring of second full academic year. Qualifying exampreferably 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, mix, transcripts, etc: Student Portal: portal.wvu.edu 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. Office space is very limited. GA’s and advanced Ph.D. students can usually be offered office space. 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 very easily.

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

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