The Graduate Program

Registration

List of Participants

Faculty Office Hours

Graduate Visitation Day
Department of Mathematics

Tentative Schedule

Friday, February 24, 2012

Boyd Graduate Research Center

8:45am– 4:15pm


8:45am – 10:00am Overview of the Graduate Program (coffee, tea, juice, and donuts available)
The Matrix, Room 308, Boyd

Brian Boe, Graduate Coordinator
Malcolm Adams, Department Head
Matt Mastin, graduate student – Teacher Preparation Initiatives

10:00am – 12:00pm Class Visitation or Free time – Sit in on our graduate classes, observe one of our TA’s teach, meet with faculty, or explore UGA campus

Available Courses:

10:10am – 11:00am

  • Room 322, Boyd - Partial Differential Equations-MATH6720, Robert Varley
  • Room 326, Boyd - Algebraic Topology-MATH8200, Will Kazez
  • Room 410, Boyd - Morse Theory, 3-Manifolds-MATH8230, David Gay

11:15am – 12:05pm

  • Room C130, Life Sciences - Differential Calculus-MATH2200, Sally Kazin - graduate student
  • Room 553, Chemistry - Calculus I for Scientist & Engineers-MATH2250, Ben Wyser - graduate student
  • Room 302, Boyd - Multivariable Mathematics II-MATH3510, Ted Shifrin - Various definitions of manifolds, with examples.
  • Room 221, Boyd - Differential Geometry-MATH6250, Jason Cantarella
  • Room 328, Boyd - Homological Algebra-MATH8030, Niles Johnson - postdoc

12:00pm – 1:15pm - Lunch (provided by Math Department)
The Matrix, Room 308, Boyd

1:25pm – 2:20pm

  • Free time to explore UGA campus, or
  • Meet with Math Faculty or Students, or
  • Tour Math Department - meet in Graduate Lounge, Room 409 Boyd, or
  • Turn in reimbursement forms to Laura Ackerley, Room 434D, or
  • Room 303, Boyd - Transforms-MATH6750, Andrew Sornborger, or
  • Room 326, Boyd - Modular Curves-MATH8430, Pete Clark / Robert Varley

2:30pm – 3:15pm VIGRE Group Presentation – Contact Topology, Whitney George - graduate student
Room 322, Boyd

3:30pm – 4:15pm The Real Scoop
Room 322, Boyd – Current students answer your questions and tell you what it is really like to be a graduate student at UGA

4:30pm – Optional Social Gathering – Transmetropolitan
Downtown Athens, 145 East Clayton Street