The Level 1 Qualifying Exams are held once a year, early in January.
A 3-hour exam is held in each of the three areas, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
These exams are typically held from 9am to noon.
The 2012 exam schedule is as follows:
Applications: January 23, 2012
Systems: January 25, 2012
Theory: January 27, 2012
Each part of the exam is graded equally.
Questions in the areas will cover material in the Level I reading lists.
Questions may involve integration across areas. The exam is closed-book.
Notes:
All action is centered in the CIS Conference Room (CH-132) and adjacent rooms (if any are needed).
All students must address questions in every area of the exam.
The Examination Committee reviews each student's performance and makes recommendations to the Graduate Faculty, the Graduate Program Director and Chairman. Assessment of a student's performance is based on overall performance in all three areas. The exam is either passed or failed in its entirety. That is, to qualify for further Ph. D. studies in cases of not passing, the student must retake the exam in its entirety. At most one retake is permitted. Retaking the exam is contingent upon approval of the Examination Committee.
A packet of past Level I exams is available at https://www.cis.uab.edu/exams/ . The current exam is not guaranteed to follow format or content represented by previous exams.
If you intend to take the 2012 Level 1 Qualifying Exams, please notify Janet Tatum in the main office by December 30, 2011, preferably sooner.
