Department of Sociology

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Comprehensive Exam Resources

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Specializations	Past exams	Past reading lists
Crime, Law, and Deviance	General exam (fall 07) Special exam (fall 07) General exam (spring 06) General exam (spring 05) General and special exams (fall 04) General exam (spring 04) Special exam - gender/media (spring 04)
Demography	General exam (spring 08) General exam (fall 07) Special exam - health (fall 07) Special exam - reproduction (fall 07) General exam (spring 07) Special exam - reproductive health (spring 08) Special exam - migration & health (spring 08) Special exam - fertility (spring 07) Special exam - migration (spring 07) General exam (fall 06) Special exam - migration (fall 06) General exam (spring 06) Special exam - mortality (spring 06) Special exam - reproductive health (spring 06) General exam (fall 05) Special exam - family (fall 05) Special exam - health and migration a (fall 05) Special exam - health and migration b (fall 05) Special exam - mortality (fall 05) General exam (spring 05) Special exam - reproductive health (spring 05) Special exam - urbanization (spring 05) General exam (fall 04) Special exam - migration (fall 04) Special exam - mortality (fall 04) General exam (spring 04) Special exam - migration/health (spring 04) Special exam - mortality (spring 04)	General reading (fall 07) Special reading - reproduction (fall 07) General reading (spring 07) Special reading - migration (spring 07) General reading (fall 03) Special reading - family (fall 03)
Development	General exam (fall 07) Special exam - gender (fall 07) General exam (spring 07) Special exam - gender (spring 07) Special exam - globalization (spring 07) Special exam - social movements (spring 07) General and special exams - NGOs (spring 06) General exam (fall 05) Special exam - citizenship (fall 05) General exam (spring 05) Special exam - NGOs (spring 05) Special exam - urbanization (spring 05) Special exam - gender (fall 04) Special exam - labor markets (fall 04)	Special reading - globalization (spring 05) General reading (fall 04) Special reading - labor markets (fall 04)
Education	General exam (fall 06) Special exam - adolescence (fall 06) General and special exam - international education (spring 06) General exam (fall 05) Special exam (fall 04)	Special reading - adolescence (spring 07) General reading (fall 04) General reading (fall 02)
Family	General exam (fall 07) Special exam - education (fall 07) Special exam - fertility (spring 06) General exam (fall 05) General exam 1 (archive) General exam 2 (archive) General exam 3 (archive)
Gender	General exam (spring 08) General exam (fall 07) Special exam (spring 08) Special exam - health (fall 07) Special exam - policy (fall 07) Special exam - work (fall 07) General exam (fall 06) Special exam - bodies/sexualities (fall 06) General exam (spring 04), pt a General exam (spring 04), pt b Special exam - sexuality/body/family (spring 04), pt a Special exam - sexuality/body/family (spring 04), pt b	Special reading - education/body/sexuality (fall 04)
Health	General exam (spring 06) General exam (fall 05) Special exam - lifecourse (fall 05) Special exam - religion (fall 05) Special exam - gender (spring 05) General exam (fall 04) Special exam - gender (fall 04) General exam (spring 04) Special exam - social support/stress (fall 04)	General reading (fall 05) Special reading - lifecourse (fall 05)
Political Sociology	General exam (fall 07) Special exam - citizenship (fall 07) Special exam - gender (fall 07) General exam - Peace and Conflict (fall 06) Special exam - Peace and Conflict - revolutions (fall 06) General exam (fall 06) Special exam - religion (fall 06) General exam (fall 05) General exam 1 (archive) Special exam 1 - development/power/order (archive)	General reading (spring 07)
Race and Ethnic Relations	General exam (fall 07) Special exam - crime (fall 07) General exam (spring 07) Special exam (spring 07) General exam (fall 06) Special exam - Native Americans (fall 06) General exam 1 (archive) General exam 2 (archive)	General reading (fall 04)
Religion	General exam (spring 08) General exam (fall 07) Special exam - family (fall 07) General exam (spring 06) Special exam - development (spring 08) Special exam (spring 06) Special exam - family (fall 05) General exam (spring 05) Special exam - family (spring 05) Special exam - health (spring 05) Special exam - social movements (spring 05) Special exam (fall 04) General exam 1 (archive) General exam 2 (archive)
Social Organizations	General exam (spring 08) General exam 1 (archive) Special exam - race (spring 08)	General reading - labor markets (fall 04)
Theory	General and special exams (fall 04) General exam 1 (archive) General exam 2 (archive)