deadlines | dissertation help | job help |
Read the math department's
Graduate handbook as well as the rules on Gradweb.
The dates and advice given here is subjective and bound to change.
Future grad students: please update with your experience
and templates. (Last updated, July 2008).
Also be mindful to use this information respectfully.
Read it, use the templates, but then write your own words.
Date | Action |
year before defense | register for enough dissertation credits |
7 months before defense |
verify your committee is correct with gradweb! (there is a deadline for this at 6 months) |
term before defense |
(they setup defense room and other things) |
4 weeks before defense |
(this is Math department requirement, it is earlier than grad schools' 3 week rule.) |
job deadlines
Date | Action |
July | NSF post-doc applications due |
July 22, 2008 (mid July year-to-year check June/July notices) |
Deadlines for 20 min. talks at AMS/MAA joint conf. This is not typical, but if your are has a special session then you can use this option. |
Sept. 16, 2008 (mid Sept year-to-year check June/July notices) |
Submit abstract to talk 10 mins at AMS/MAA |
Oct/Nov? |
Deadline to register for AMS/MAA at cheaper rates consider registering earlier to get cheapest hotel rates. |
Oct-Dec. Especially: Nov. 1, 15,30; Dec. 15; Jan 1 |
Jobs application deadlines |
Template I |
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Template II |
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The grad school prefers the format in template II; however, both template I and template II have been accepted without comments by the grad school. Thus, in principle they both comply sufficiently well with the rules.
Why template I? Easier to read output, less waste of space and
paper.
General problem with II over I is how math equations look.
With the way latex works, II leads to line breaks sometimes
in the middle of the page. It is hard to read and uses a lot
of paper.
The combination of smaller font and full justification allows
latex to fit more in a page and line and makes it easer to
read.
% \usepackage{showkeys}
\newtheorem{defn}[thm]{Definition}
to
\newtheorem{dfn}[thm]{Definition}
If you want definition to number separately from
theorm, remove the [thm] part. If you want number
them with chapters instead of sections change
\newcommand{\Number}{section}
replacing "section" with "chapter"
For more details ask a latex savey friend.
Template I has been proof read a little more, but Template II has misspelled words and includes as place holders words like "kick ass" which could be embarrassing to let slip to the wrong committee member. So read the instructions and replace with all the correct things.
Most place holders are marked with !!. Furthermore, be careful to put the correct capitalization in the right places. Most parts ask for you title to be in all capital letters. One exception is the approval page (not to be confused with the abstract page). The approval page uses "title case". This means that you capitalize all major words. The graduate school is picky here and they also do not have a consistent way to answer math related problems such as what do with terms like "p-local" should that be "P-local", "p-Local" or "p-local"?
Best to ask the grad school thesis editor about what to do in your case. NOTE: that page is signed by your adviser, so if you get it wrong and your adviser is out of town it is a real pain to get fixed, so do this when your adviser can be found.
Fix this at the every end, just before you turn in your thesis.
The table of contents will have periods missing after the chapter numbers. This is silly, but required.
FIX:
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {I}INTRODUCTION}{1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {II}DECOMPOSING $p$-GROUPS VIA JORDAN ALGEBRAS}{2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {II.1}Introduction}{2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {II.1.1}Outline of the Proof}{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {II.2}Background}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {II.2.1}Central Decompositions and Products}{5}
Of course the words will reflect your chapter and section titles.
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {I.}INTRODUCTION}{1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {II.}DECOMPOSING $p$-GROUPS VIA JORDAN ALGEBRAS}{2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {II.1}Introduction}{2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {II.1.1}Outline of the Proof}{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {II.2}Background}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {II.2.1}Central Decompositions and Products}{5}
To good latex users: that has been fixed in the past. A few years
ago, graduate students decided the throw-out
the previous templates (why?!) and rebuild one from the physics department. The older version appears lost, but apparently
did not have this bug. If you know latex, try to fix the bug
or find the old template to modify. A helpful tool might be to
just redefine all the table of contents commands or use
minitoc
.
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