Application Area Qualifying Exam

If a department offers an exam, students should take the written exam; if the department does not offer an exam, or if the exam is not an appropriate option for AMSC students, students would take coursework instead to fulfill the application area qualifying exam requirement. The requirement for each area is marked below; for example, for BMGT or Economics, students should take the written exam. In the case that coursework can be counted as the exam requirement, the student must obtain an overall GPA of at least 3.5.

Students are strongly encouraged to submit a Study Advisory Plan to ensure their qualifying exam requirement in the application area is met.

When coursework is used to meet a qualifying exam requirement, the student must submit the Course Evaluation Form.

 

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Contact: Leslie Davis
Office: 3179 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: 301-405-0190
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from any of the core courses in the following concentrations listed below:

Department of Astronomy 

Contact: Olivia Dent
Office: 1208F Physical Sciences Complex
Phone: 301-405-1512
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the core courses listed below:

Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science

Contact: Tammy Hendershot
Office: 3405 Atlantic Building
Phone: 301-405-5389
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the 6 AOSC core courses listed below:

Department of Biology

Contact: Elizabeth Pepper
Office: 1247 Biology Psychology Building
Phone: 301-405-6905
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the core courses in the following concentrations listed below. In the case that 2 courses are only equivalent to 4 credits, the student must take 3 courses to equal 6 credits.

College of Business and Management

Contact: Mary Susan Forsythe
Office: 3330 Van Munching Hall
Phone: 301-405-1777
Email:

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Contact: Kathy Gardinier
Office: 2113E Chemical & Nuclear Engineering Building
Phone: 301-405-5888
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the core courses listed below:

Department of Civil and Enviormental Engineering

Contact: Anna L. Damm
Office: 0147B Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: 301-405-4195
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the core courses in the following concentrations listed below:

Department of Computer Science

Contact: Tom Hurst
Office: 1130 Brendan Iribe Center
Phone: 301-405-0771
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the core courses in the following concentrations listed below.

The two courses should be taken from the same area. 800-level special topics courses should not be used.

CS qualifying courses is listed below and here: https://www.cs.umd.edu/grad/coursework

Department of Economics

Contact: Vickie Fletcher
Office: 3114E Tydings Hall
Phone: 301-405-3544
Email:

Department of Electrical Engineering

Contact: Emily Irwin
Office: 2435 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: 301-405-0680
Email:

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Contact: Jamie Trevitt
Office: 2234G SPH Building
Phone: N/A
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the core courses listed below:

Department of Linguistics 

Contact: Alexander Williams
Office: 1401D Marie Mount Hall
Phone: 301-405-1607
Email:

One course sequence (2 core courses/6 credits) must be taken from the following list:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Contact: Kerri Poppler James
Office: 2180 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: 301-405-8601
Email:

2 courses/6 credits must be taken from the core courses listed below:

Department of Physics

Contact: Josiland Chambers
Office: 1309D John S. Toll Physics Building
Phone: 301-405-5982
Email: