The following requirements must be fulfilled:
The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Programs.
The requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Program.
Pre-candidacy
Pre-candidacy requirements include satisfactory completion of 48 credits of coursework and achievement of a passing grade in the general examination.
Coursework
After completing 36 credits of coursework, students may petition the graduate committee for approval to take MATH 6995, but students may take no more than 12 credits in any combination of MATH 6995 and MATH 8999 in a single academic year.
Students wishing to take courses outside the department must petition and obtain the approval of the graduate committee. The committee may limit the number of such courses that students take.
Subject to the approval of the graduate committee (requested via petition), students may take up to 12 credits of courses offered by other institutions in the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Students wishing to take such courses must petition and obtain the approval of the graduate committee.
Subject to the approval of the graduate committee (requested via petition) and the agreement of the instructor, students may take up to 12 credits from the following upper-level undergraduate courses for graduate credit, provided that additional graduate-level coursework is completed in these classes.
General examination
The general examination consists of two preliminary examinations. One examination is in two to four subjects selected from algebra, analysis, topology, and applied math, and the other is a specialty examination in a research area approved by the department.
Post-candidacy requirements
Post-candidacy requirements include the successful completion of an additional 24 credits of graduate coursework, including at least 6 credits of MATH 8999; the completion of the dissertation; and the successful defense of the dissertation in a final oral examination.
No more than 15 credits in any combination of MATH 6995 and MATH 8999 may be among the student's final 18 credits of required coursework.
Once a student successfully completes 24 post-candidacy credits, they must register for 1 credit of CCAS 0940 each subsequent fall and spring semester until they have successfully defended their dissertation, thereby completing the degree program.