Mathematics Majors Exit Exam                       

 

Next Exam:

Monday, August 31 (Computational Portion)  

Saturday, September 5 (Theoretical Portion)

9:00 -10:40 AM  Rooms to be announced later

 

As part of the Senior Capstone experience, students graduating Spring 2010 or later must pass the Mathematics and Statistics Department Exit exam. The first exam will be administered to Seniors in the 2009-2010 academic year.  The exams are written and graded by Math Departmental Faculty.  The passing score will be determined by the Exit Exam Committee.  Note:  To earn a passing score, a student does NOT have to get all the problems correct (there will be no grade of A, B, C...).  A passing score means the student has demonstrated a good understanding of the topics included on the exam as judged by the Exit Exam Committee.

 

Students must take and pass both parts of the exam during their senior year.  A passing score on both exams is a requirement of passing the second semester of Senior Capstone.  A grade of "IP" will be given until the exams are satisfactorily completed.  Students are encouraged to sit for exams prior to their senior year for practice, but only the exam taken their senior year satisfies the Capstone Requirement. Students will have 3 opportunities during their "senior year" to pass the exam.  If students do not pass the exam in any of these three tries, they may continue to sit for the exam in the following year.

 

The exams will be offered in August (the week before the Fall semester), January (the week before the Spring semester) and May (The week after final exams). 

 

Students graduating in Spring (2010 or later) should begin by taking the August exam.                   Students graduating in Fall (2010 or later) should begin by taking the January exam.

 

Material Covered by the Exam:

Please note- the TOPICS listed are an upper bound of topics with which you should be familiar.  If a topic is not on the list, you will not be responsible for that topic.  Sample questions are given so you can see how these topics might be addressed.

 

Calculus I , II                  topics and sample problems

Calculus III                     topics and sample problems 

Differential Equations       topics and sample problems 

Logic and Sets                topics and sample problems 

Matrix Algebra and Linear Algebra

                                      topics and sample problems

Statistics                         topics and sample problems

 

Note change from previous test:  Abstract Algebra and Real Analysis have been removed from the Exit Exam

Course

Weight

Part 1(Computational), 100 minutes

 

   Calc I

 

40%

   Calc II

   Calc III

   Dif Eq

10%

Part I Total

50%

Break, 40 minutes

 

Part 2 (Theoretical), 100 minutes

 

   Logic

15%

   Matrix and Linear Algebra

20%

   Statistics

15%

Part II Total

50%

Total, 240 minutes = 4 hours

 

 

Sample Exam (Practice Exam from 4/4/09)

Computational Exam

Theoretical Exam