For PhD students, the emphasis upon entering the program is qualifying exams. Three of them must be passed at the various levels specified here before the start of the third year. While some students take three qualifying exam courses their first year, this is not typical. More often, one takes two qualifying exam courses their first year, and takes the remaining qualifying course their second year.

Often times, though, a student may enroll in three qualifying exam courses their first quarter and then decide the two courses (s)he feels strongest in and persue those for the remaining two quarters. The reduced load the second year also allows time for seminars, topic courses, and reading courses in areas of interest to the student.

A sample first year schedule is as follows (here, the student began in Math 200A, Math 220A, Math 240A, and decided to stick with Math 200 and Math 220):

Fall	Winter	Spring
Math 200A	Math 200B	Math 200C
Math 220A	Math 220B	Math 220C
Math 240A	Seminar Course	Reading Course
Math 295	Math 295	Math 295
Math 500	Math 500	Math 500

A sample second year schedule for this student is as follows (note Math 270 is the remaining qual class):

Fall	Winter	Spring
Math 270A	Math 270B	Math 270C
Topics Course	Topics Course	Topics Course
Read/Sem Course	Read/Sem Course	Read/Sem Course
Math 295	Math 295	Math 295
Math 500	Math 500	Math 500

For Master's students, each program is fairly well defined in terms of what classes a student should take. Typically, M.A. in Mathematics students take one or two qual sequences their first year, taking the qualifying exam at the end of the year. The remaining coursework is completed the second year. It should be noted that students seeking an M.A. in Mathematics must take qualifying exam courses and those courses exams in order to satisfy the requirements for the degree.

Below is a sample first year schedule for a Master's student who opted to only take one qualifying exam course.

Fall	Winter	Spring
Math 200A	Math 200B	Math 200C
Additional Course	Additional Course	Additional Course
Additional Course	Additional Course	Additional Course
Math 295	Math 295	Math 295

A sample second year schedule is as follows (note that since so many courses were taken the first year, the student may apply for half-time status their second year):

Fall	Winter	Spring
Math 220A	Math 220B	Math 220C
Math 295	Math 295	Math 295

M.A. in Applied Mathematics students most often take Math 270A-B-C and one other year-long sequence, culminating in two qualifying exams at the end of the year, or taking one sequence each year for two years. Again, the remaining coursework is completed the second year.

Below is a sample first year schedule for a Master's student who opted to take two year-long sequences with comprehensive exams.

Fall	Winter	Spring
Math 270A	Math 270B	Math 270C
Math 271A	Math 271B	Math 271C
Additional Course	Additional Course	Additional Course
Math 295	Math 295	Math 295

A sample second year schedule is as follows (note that since the comprehensive exams were taken the first year, the students may graduate after the Fall quarter):

Fall	Winter	Spring
Additional Course
Additional Course
Additional Course
Math 295

M.S. in Statistics students typically take both Math 281A-B-C and Math 282A-B their first year. A qualifying exam in Math 281 is taken as well as a comprehensive exam for Math 282A-B. Some students also take their topics courses (from Math 287A-B-C-D and Math 289A-B-C) their first year, leaving only a few other courses for the second year of study.

Below is a sample first year schedule for a Master's student who opted to take Math 281 and Math 282 their first year.

Fall	Winter	Spring
Math 281A	Math 281B	Math 281C
Math 282A	Math 282B	Topics Course
Additional Course	Additional Course	Additional Course
Math 295	Math 295	Math 295

A sample second year schedule is as follows (note that since the department suggests taking a year-long sequence in either Probability Theory, Math 280A-B-C, or Numerical Analysis, Math 270A-B-C, a student will typically require six quarters to graduate. Much like the first M.A. in Mathematics student, the M.S. in Statistics student may apply for half-time status their second year):

Fall	Winter	Spring
Math 280A	Math 280B	Math 280C
Math 295	Math 295	Math 295