Prospective Students
- An introduction to the
Mathematics Department and to the University of Oklahoma. This will
give you a sense of what life is like for a
graduate student in mathematics
at OU.
- Some reasons to consider an advanced degree in Mathematics at OU.
- The
programs we offer. (MS, MA, PhD, PhD (RUME option) )
- Financial support. Find out how most of our students support themselves as
they earn an advanced degree.
- You can learn more about the activites of our students by
visiting the MGSA web page, or by
perusing some of the student run seminar pages linked below in the Current
Students section.
- The Mathematics Department
hosts OU MathFest, an annual two day open house
for prospective graduate students. This year the
eleventh OU MathFest
will take
place on Friday and Saturday, January 22 and 23, 2010.
- International
students should be aware of the Graduate College's
English proficiency requirements (TOEFL, iBT, IELTS) for admission.
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Facts and news items.
- We currently have around 70 graduate students,
representing over a dozen different countries.
- Approximately 43% of our graduate students are women. This
percentage is well above the national average.
- One distinctive aspect of our department is its vibrant
seminar culture. This is particularly strong
among our graduate students, who run 6 different
seminars, and are
responsible for between one-third to one-half of all our
talks each semester.
- The recently (Summer 2008) formed OU Mathematics Graduate
Students Association, MGSA,
provides a wealth of mentoring, social activities, and practical resources for
new graduate students.
- The MGSA will make annual awards to graduate students based
on their contributions to their peers and to mathematics undergraduates.
The MGSA awards program has come into existence due in large part to
generous start-up funding provided by the Graduate College and by the
College of Arts and Sciences.
- Kudos! Congratulations to our graduate students
Jana Talley and Vera Tonic, who have been
chosen to present at the AWM Workshop at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington DC, Jan 5-8, 2009. We are
proud that two OU women are among the 20 nationwide to receive this honor.
- Kudos! Congratulations to TaraLee Mecham who is a
Project NExT fellow.
Here is an
overview
of Project NExT.
- Norman, Oklahoma ranked 6th on CNNMoney.com's list of
Best Places to Live (small cities) in 2008.
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Current Students
- Mathematics Graduate Student Handbook. Version of October 2009.
This contains all the essential facts and links for navigating your
way through grad school. If you feel that there should be other topics
included, then please let a member of the Graduate Committee know.
Changes (Aug 09). There is a new
section (section 9.2) discussing factors
influencing GTA assignments,
and two sections (11.4, 11.5) on English language qualification have been
updated.
Changes (Oct 09). Corrected some typos.
- The OU Mathematics Graduate Students Association --
MGSA.
This is an association
of OU mathematics graduate students working
to enhance the social environment, and to further the academic and
professional development of their peers.
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People:
current graduate students and
graduate alumni.
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Financial support
information. This contains information about GTAships,
fellowships, benefits, scholarships and awards. It contains links to
sholarships and awards available
from outside of the Mathematics Department, in addition to information
about extramural fellowships.
- The Community of
Science funding opportunities database. Includes
graduate fellowships, travel
funding, dissertation fellowships, post-doctoral fellowships, minority
fellowships.
- Travel funds for
graduate students. A
one-stop resource for graduate students who are interested in traveling to
conferences and workshops.
- Graduate award and
scholarship winners
from recent years.
- Here is a description of the
computing resources and policies for
mathematics graduate students.
- International students. Remember to print out and take
this form with you to the review
of each English language exam that you take.
- The
faculty and
their research
interests.
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Career information for mathematics graduates. A source of local and
national links about career opportunities and advice. Useful for
those with bachelors, masters or doctoral degrees. Also contains
links about surviving graduate school.
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Graduate course
descriptions.
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Qualifying
examinations from previous years.
- The
Graduate
Student Seminar (Pizza Seminar) meets in PHSC 1105 on Mondays at 5pm. This
is a general purpose seminar run by graduate students. Topics include mathematics talks by faculty and graduate students, tips on how to succeed in graduate
school, professional development talks, career talks by
faculty from local institutions and by representatives from local companies.
- There are also 5 student run special topics seminars.
The speakers at these seminars are primarily graduate students, with
occasional talks by post-doctoral associates and visitors.
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- Directors of Graduate Studies
- Prof. Noel Brady
- e-mail: nbradyATmath.ou.edu
- phone: 405-325-0833
- Prof. Alan Roche
- e-mail: arocheATmath.ou.edu
- phone: 405-325-6594
- Prof. John Albert (MSc advising)
- e-mail: jalbertATmath.ou.edu
- phone: 405-325-3782
- Advising
Office Hours
- Assistant to the Graduate Director
- Ms Anne Jones
- Department of Mathematics
- 601 Elm Avenue, PHSC 423
- Norman, OK 73019
- phone: 405-325-2719
- fax: 405-325-7484
- e-mail: abjonesATou.edu
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