The Computer Science Ph.D. Written General Examination will be given this spring starting March 13, 2006. A "Ph.D. Written General Examination Application Form" must be completed and filed with the Computer Science Department by March 3, 2006 for each student taking this examination. "Ph.D. Written General Examination Application Forms" are available for the General Exam online at the following URL: http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/forms/GeneralPHDExamForm.pdf.
Completed forms should be returned to Mrs. Vera Watkins in the Computer Science Departmental Office. There will be two different general exams this spring: one will be closed book the "old general exam" and the other will be open book the "new general exam."

The schedule for the old general exam. will be:

Area 1:	Operating Systems and Computer Architectures, March 13, 2006
Area 2:	Algorithms, Data Structures, and Theory of Computation, Wednesday March 15, 2006
Area 3:	Programming Languages and Compiler Design, Friday March 17, 2006
Area 4:	High Performance Computing, Monday March 20, 2006
Area 5:	All Remaining Areas, Wednesday March 22, 2006

The schedule for the new general exam. will be:

1. Theory of Computation:	Monday March 13, 2006
2. Algorithms:	Tuesday March 14, 2006
3. Operating Systems:	March 15, 2006
4. Computer Architectures:	Thursday March 16, 2006
5. Programming Languages:	Friday March 17, 2006

All exams will be in 164 Coates Hall between 9 am and noon.

John M. Tyler
General Examination Coordinator