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Qualifying Exams Prep

See the Graduate Catalogue for policies on Qualifying Exams in the Mathematics PhD program.

Old Ph.D. Qualifying Exams

Math 501: Measure and Integration

• Fall 2011
• 1998, 2000 and two old finals
• Fall 2004

Math 505: Ordinary Differential Equations

• Spring 2012

Math 507: Partial Differential Equations

• Spring 2012
• Spring 2017

Math 519: Algebra

• Fall 2016
• Fall 2017
• Spring 2017
• Fall 2018
• Spring 2018
• Fall 2019
• Spring 2019
• Fall 2020
• Spring 2021
• Fall 2022
• Spring 2023

Math 520: Algebraic Structures II

• Spring 2005
• Fall 2011

Math 530: Topology

• Fall 2000 
• Fall 2004 
• Spring 2006 
• Fall 2008 
• Spring 2008 
• Spring 2023 
• Fall 2023

Math 535: Differential Geometry

• Spring 2011 

Math 574: Approximation Theory

• Spring 2011

Math 575: Matrix Computations

• Spring 2011
• Fall 2020

Math 580: Statistics

• Fall 2003
• Spring 2004
• Fall 2004
• Fall 2005
• Spring 2006
• Fall 2006
• Spring 2007
• Spring 2009
• Fall 2009
• Spring 2010
• Fall 2010
• Spring 2011
• Spring 2012
• Fall 2012
• http://parker.ad.siu.edu/Olive/sirev3.pdf
• http://parker.ad.siu.edu/Olive/siqualsoln.pdf

Math 581: Probability

• http://parker.ad.siu.edu/Olive/zM581qualprob.pdf

Math 584: Linear Models

• http://parker.ad.siu.edu/Olive/zM584qualrev.pdf
• http://parker.ad.siu.edu/Olive/zM584qualprobs.pdf