The new qualifying exam process described below is for students entering the graduate program in fall of 2013 or later. Details for the older qualifying exam process can be found further down the page.
Old Oral Quals Questions
This page was written for students entered before Fall 2013, taking qualifying exam during or before Feb 2014.
The new qualifying exam process will be practised on Feb 2015 for the first time, so before that it is really unclear what resources are helpful for preparing for it....
If you want to use any of the old material for studying purpose, I think it roughly goes like:
- 22.211 and 22.312 remain;
- 22.101 is now the "Applied Nuclear Physics" module;
- 22.106 is not offered under the current curriculum anymore but might potentially help with the module "Radiation Interactions, Control, and Measurement."
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Past written qual problems: | NSE Visual Reading Room: | Past oral problems: | Old Oral Exam Questions |
| Past lecture notes: | "Lecture Notes" section include: 22.211 (Spring 12), 22.106 (Spring 12), 22.101 (Fall 11, 12), 22.213 (Fall 11), 22.39 (Fall 12) | ||
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