Princeton University - Department of Politics Graduate Program Office - 129 Corwin

Princeton University - Department of Politics – Graduate Program Office - 129 Corwin Hall-609-258-4771

TO: Graduate students planning to take the General Exam in October 2011, January 2012or May 2012

FROM:Lisa Baratta DATE:August2011DGS APPROVAL: ______

The General Examination options are as follows:

 Option I: Choose three examination fields and take a written examination in each field.

 Option II: Choose three examination fields but take written examinations in only two. The written and the oral examination in the third field will be waived if the student demonstrates to the DGS that he or she has completed a coherent three-course sequence in that field. PLESE LIST BELOW (see Option II/Course-Out Field) THE COURSE NUMBERS, TITLES, AND INSTRUCTORS OF THE THREE COURSES YOU WANT APPROVED FOR COURSING OUT OF AN EXAM. Substitute fields are not regularly granted and must not substantially overlap with the student’s other fields. Taking this option requires that the student complete fourteen courses rather than the required twelve graded courses.

We anticipate that, in these cases, all demands for special fields would be met by taking the three-course sequence and that written exams in only the standard fields would be offered.

 OCTOBER 2011 GENERAL EXAM: return this form to me by Thursday, September1, 2011.

 JANUARY 2012 GENERAL EXAM: return this form to me by Friday, November 11,2011.

 MAY 2012 GENERAL EXAM: return this form to me by Friday, December 2, 2011.

YOUR NAME:______

Proposed Fields (indicate three; check the box and state the order beginning with the main field as 1, 2, 3):

 Political Theory ______ Political Systems and Culturesarea______

 Politics of the United States (check three subfields):______

 American Political Development and Thought Public Opinion and Political Behavior

 Political Psychology Political Parties and Interest Groups Legislative Politics

 Presidency Bureaucracy  Federal, State, and Urban Politics

 Class, Gender, Race and Ethnicity

 Comparative Political Analysis

 Public Law____ International Relations ______

 Formal and Quantitative Analysis (check one of the following) ______

 Focus on Formal Analysis:______ Focus on Quantitative Analysis:______

If opting to course-out third field, indicate field and course sequence: ______

Course 1: course # ______; course title ______; instructor ______

Course 2: course # ______; course title ______; instructor ______

Course 3: course # ______; course title ______; instructor ______

Approved substitute field: ______Substitute field advisor: ______

Dissertation topic: ______

Two dissertation advisors (must be Politics faculty): 1 ______2______