In this classs we will be studying Morse Theory and Cobordism Theory Reading for the class: J. Milnor, Morse Theory J. Milnor, Lectures on Characteristic Classes R. Stong, Notes on cobordism theory R. Thom, Some global properties of smooth manifolds L. Nicolaescu, Invitation to Morse Theory M. Hirsch, Differential topology Last modified January 3, 2016 by Boris Botvinnik.