UCLA Logic Center



Information for Students

Prospective graduate students interested in Mathematical Logic at UCLA should follow the Mathematics Department's instructions for applicants, and indicate logic as a field of interest on their application. There is no need to send material to the logic center separately.

General information about the graduate program can be found on the department's webpages for prospective graduate students and current graduate students. Logic students typically take Math 220ABC, Mathematical Logic and Set Theory, in their first year at UCLA. This is a year-long sequence of courses that covers the basics of model theory, proof theory, recursion theory, and set theory, and helps prepare the students for the logic qualifying exam. There is a wealth of additional, more advanced logic courses at UCLA. Current and recent course offerings are listed below, and students are also encouraged to attend the colloquia, and meetings organized by the logic center. Of course the heart of a student's progress toward the Ph.D. is research work leading to the dissertation. Students who passed their qualifying exams are encouraged to contact the logicians to set up individual reading courses, which over time will lead to advising of the student's own research.

Recent Advanced Logic Courses

Fall Quarter 2009

Math 223D: Topics in Descriptive Set Theory.   Greg Hjorth.   MWF 1:00.   MS 5147.  

Spring Quarter 2009

Math 223M: Model Theory.   Matthias Aschenbrenner.   MWF 3.   MS 7608.  

Math 290D: Current Literature Seminar in Logic: Descriptive Complexity Theory.   Anush Tserunyan.   Tuesdays 3-5.   MS 6118.  

Math 290D: Current Literature Seminar in Logic: Determinacy.   Itay Neeman.   Thursdays 3-5.   MS 6118.  

Winter Quarter 2009

Math 223S: Topics in Set Theory: Forcing.   Itay Neeman.   MW 2-3:15.   MS 5148.  

Math 290D: Current Literature Seminar in Logic: Complexity Lower Bounds.   Yiannis Moschovakis.   Tuesdays 3:00-6.   MS 5127.  

Fall Quarter 2008

Math 223D: Topics in Descriptive Set Theory.   Greg Hjorth.   MW 2-3:30.   MS 5217.  

Math 290D: Current Literature Seminar in Logic: Complexity Lower Bounds.   Yiannis Moschovakis.   Tuesdays 3:30-6.   MS 5147.  

Spring Quarter 2008

Math 223S: Topics in Set Theory: Forcing.   Itay Neeman.   MWF 1.   MS 5233.  

Math 290D: Current Literature Seminar in Logic: Set Theory.   Itay Neeman.   Thursdays 3-5.   MS 6118.  

Winter Quarter 2008

Math 223D: Topics in Descriptive Set Theory.   Donald A. Martin.   MWF 11.   MS 5217.  

Math 285D: Logic Seminar: An Introduction to O-Minimality.   Matthias Aschenbrenner.   MWF 3.   MS 5217.