Expectations and rules for Comprehensive Exams vary by field. Please refer to the graduate program rules (and especially Appendix 1) for complete details.
Sample Comp Exams
Stay tuned. We will be linking sample exams here.
- American Politics (Field Clerk Ray La Raja)
- Comparative Politics (Field Clerk Timothy Pachirat)
- Political Theory: (Field Clerk Andrew March)
- Contemporary Social and Political Theory
- History of Political Thought
- International Relations (Field Clerk Charli Carpenter)
- Public Policy
- Law, Politics & Society (Field Clerk Paul Collins)
- Intradisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies
Graduate Programs