Fall 2022 New Student Information
If your permanent address, phone number, or email address has changed since you were admitted, you must update https://www.my.ucla.edu and notify Martha Contreras. Email is an official form of communication in UCLA Mathematics and most communications to students from the Graduate Office use this medium. Please make sure to check your Math email account daily.
Orientation
Bootcamp Summer Program (August 1 – September 9, 2022)
The Mathematics Department offers a summer program for all entering graduate students: summer “boot camp” courses are taught August 1 through September 9, leading to the Basic Exam which will be on Monday, September 12, 2022.
The boot camp covers the material for the Basic Exam. It consists of two main courses, linear algebra and analysis, which are carefully coordinated. Topics in Applied Math relevant to the Basic syllabus may also be presented. The lectures are Monday-Thursday 10:00-12:00pm and 2:00-4:00pm with Analysis in the morning and Linear Algebra in the afternoon. The teaching assistant will be participating the second hour of lecture Tuesday through Thursday and will hold two office hours a week.
The instructors for 2022 are Kyle Gannon and Tyler Arant
All students who attend the program must take the Basic Exam.
Texts for Summer 2022 Boot Camp:
Analysis:
Rudin, Walter. “Principles of Real Analysis. Mathematics Series.” (1976).
Pugh, Charles Chapman, and C. C. Pugh. Real mathematical analysis. Vol. 2011. New York/Heidelberg/Berlin: Springer, 2002.
Tao, Terence. Analysis I—II
Linear Algebra:
Linear Algebra, by P. Petersen
Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler is an optional reference.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-1-4614-3611-9/#section=1080576&page=1
Books are available at the UCLA Bookstore
Enrollment & Registration
Enrollment
Students will be assigned a faculty advisor to assist with course selection. Course enrollment typically occurs beginning-to-late September. Enrollment is on-line through my.ucla. Faculty Advisers must approve the study plan by signing a form that will be provided. Students are expected to follow the guidelines for first year study given in the Graduate Handbook. In particular first year students have to take two of the core sequences, unless the number is reduced by passing one or more of the Area Exams on entry.
Registration
Billing statements will be ready on September 1. Please log in to your BAR account to view your statement. Your statement should show fees due (approximate amounts $5,929.91 in−state fees plus $5,034.00 non-resident tuition). Fall fees are due on September 20, and your fees will then be subtracted from the credits on your statement. If there are any discrepancies please let Martha know immediately.
Qualifying Exams
Students participating in the summer “boot camp” are required to take the Basic exam on Monday, September 13, 2021 (subject to change). This is an exam on undergraduate material and is normally taken and passed on entry. You may also take Area Qualifying Exams, to be given Tuesday, September 14 -Friday, September 17, 2021 (subject to change), but should only do so if you have prepared adequately for the exams. To sign-up for a qualifying exam, please email Brenda Buenrostro by Friday, August 27, 2021. If you have questions regarding qualifying exams, please contact the Graduate Vice-Chair, Inwon Kim.
Information on the Basic exam and other qualifying exams can be found on the math department website www.math.ucla.edu/grad/handbook/hbqex.html.
University and Department Training in Fall
All incoming student must take the university’s academic integrity and harassment prevention training in the fall quarter of their first year. Information on the dates and sign-up procedure will be given in the summer.
In addition participation in fall quarter TA training is mandatory for all incoming PhD students who will be teaching at any period in 2021-2022. This applies to even those not TA-ing in the fall quarter, and those with prior teaching experience. There are no exceptions. This training is offered in the fall quarter only.
TA training includes:
- The university’s TA Conference is scheduled for TBD.
- The department’s intensive training for TAs is is TBD.
- Enrollment and attendance in Math 495, Teaching College Mathematics, in the fall quarter, which continues the training throughout the quarter.
All three components are mandatory. Students who do not complete TA training are ineligible for Math Department TA-ships.
Master degree students who want to TA must also participate in the TA training.
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