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{\large\sc massachusetts institute of technology}\\[\smallskipamount]

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\\[\medskipamount]

Area II Office\\[\bigskipamount]

{\large\bf Application for Oral Qualifying Examination in Area
II}\\[\medskipamount]
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Term:
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Check here if you have taken the oral before:

The examination will be scheduled for this term unless you request
another time:

Name: 

Address for reply:

Email address: 

SM thesis title (if any): 

SM thesis supervisor (if any):

Area Committee to administer examination: 2

Optional: List EECS faculty members {\bf not} in Area II whom you
would be comfortable having on your exam committee.  If possible, one
of these will be appointed.

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Current research supervisor (if different from S.M. supervisor):

Research topic you will present on your OQE (if different from S.M.):


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\centerline{To be returned to Marilyn Pierce, EECS Graduate Office
(38-444) at {\bf the end of the first week of the term.}}

{\bf Please note}: All students in the old program who have not yet
taken the Oral Qualifiying Examination are expected to apply during
the Fall term 2000.  Oral Qualifying Examinations will not be given after
September, 2001.  

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Your Name: 

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Oral Qualifying Examination Application \\
Area II Supplement
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Optional: list Area II research supervisors (other than your current
supervisor) whom you would like to have on your OQE examining
committee.  Try to include at least one member of the Area~II
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Indicate all core subjects in which you have qualified.  You must have
fulfilled the requirements for at least two core areas (Theory of
Computation and Algorithms count as one area: Theory).  If you have
completed more than two core subjects, please indicate which two you
wish to be examined on by marking those courses with an
asterisk~($*$).

In case you qualified by a procedure other than by taking the course
with a grade of A or~B, describe that procedure below.

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September 1991 \hfill Memorandum 3910

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{\large\sc massachusetts institute of technology}\\[\smallskipamount]

{Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science}\\[\medskipamount]

Graduate Office, Room 38-444\\[\bigskipamount]

{\large\bf Application for Oral Qualifying Examination}\\[\medskipamount]

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If you wish to continue for the doctorate, you should submit the
attached form to the Graduate Office (Room 38-444) before the end of
the first week of the term in which you expect the major portion of
your research for your SM thesis to be completed.  Normally, this will
be the third term of graduate registration (VI-A/EIP students should
not count plant terms).  The Oral Qualifying Examination will be
scheduled in the latter half of the term in which this application is
received.

The examining committee will consist of three faculty members.  Two of
these are selected by the Area Committee from the faculty in that
Area.  The third is selected by the Committee on Graduate Students
from outside the Area.  In order that the third member will have
interests in common with you, you are asked to list on the application
form three faculty members whose research interests seem appropriate.
Consult the list of ``Research Interests of Faculty Members Who
Supervise Theses'' available from the Graduate Office.  If it is not
possible to assign one of the three to your committee, a faculty
member with similar interests will be chosen.

The Department Committee on Graduate Students will consider the
results of the oral examination and all other evidence available in
deciding whether you are qualified for the doctoral program.  You will
be informed of the Committee's decision before the end of the term in
which the examination was taken.  If you are not considered qualified,
you may apply to repeat the examination after consultation with your
Graduate Counselor.  A student who has not taken the Oral Qualifying
Examination by the end of the fourth regular term will be allowed to
continue in the doctoral program only with the explicit permission of
the Committee on Graduate Students.

Submission of this form satisfies the requirement for filing a plan of
graduate study as explained in Memo~3800.  You should submit this form
to the Graduate Office, and give a copy to your Graduate Counselor.
Changes in plans following submission of this form should be reported
to the Graduate Office through the Graduate Counselor.

Ask for Memo~3800 if you do not have a copy.

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