Comprehensive Exam Resources
Graduate students: please submit your past exams and/or reading lists to us so we could further develop this resource page for other students. You must make an appointment to audit your program of work with the graduate coordinator prior to taking comprehensive exams.
Specializations
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Archived exams
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Archived reading lists
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Crime, Law, and Deviance
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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) |
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Demography
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General exam (fall 12)
Special exam - family (fall 12)
Special exam - fertility (fall 12)
Special exam - life-course (fall 12)
General exam (fall 11)
Special exam - infant health (fall 11)
General exam (spring 11)
Special exam - family (spring 11)
Special exam - health (spring 11)
Special exam - immigration/health (spring 11)
Special exam - international migration (spring 11)
General exam (fall 10)
Special exam - family (fall 10)
Special exam - mortality (fall 10)
General exam (fall 09)
Special exam - aging, life course and health (fall 09)
General exam (spring 09)
Special exam - international migration (spring 09)
Special exam - aging, life course and health (spring 09)
Special exam - family (spring 09)
General exam (fall 08)
Special exam - mortality (fall 08)
Special exam - immigration & health (fall 08)
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
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General exam (fall 10)
Special exam - social policy (fall 10)
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
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General exam (spring 13)
Special exam - health (spring 13)
General exam (spring 12)
General exam (spring 12)
Special exam - race & ethnicity (spring 12)
Special exam - transition to adulthood (spring 12)
General and special (adulthood transition) exams (spring 11)
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
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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) |
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Gender
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General exam (spring 13)
Special exam - care work (spring 13)
Special exam - labor (spring 13)
Special exam - masculinities (spring 13)
Special exam - consumption (spring 11)
Special exam - identity (spring 11)
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 |
General reading (revised fall 2012)
Special reading - education/body/sexuality (fall 04) |
Health
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General exam (spring 13)
Special exam - aging (spring 13)
General exam (spring 12)
Special exam - health (spring 12)
General exam (spring 11)
Special exam - mortality (spring 11)
General exam (fall 10)
Special exam - socioeconomic status (fall 10)
Special exam - under-the-skin processes (fall 10)
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
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General exam (spring 13)
Special exam - the state (spring 13)
Special exam - social movements (spring 13)
Special exam - informal networks (spring 13)
General exam (fall 12)
Special exam - culture (fall 12)
Special exam - gender (fall 12)
Special exam - social movements (fall 12)
General exam (spring 12)
Special exam - immigration (spring 12)
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 11)
General reading (spring 07) |
Race and Ethnic Relations
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General exam (spring 13)
Special exam - education (spring 13)
General exam (fall 12)
Special exam - migration (fall 12)
General exam (fall 11)
Special exam - education (fall 11)
General exam (spring 11)
Special exam - gender (spring 11)
General exam (fall 10)
Special exam - immigration (fall 10)
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
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General exam (fall 12)
General exam (spring 12)
Special exam - health (spring 12)
General exam (fall 11)
Special exam - immigration (fall 11)
General exam (spring 11)
Special exam - health (spring 11)
General exam (fall 09)
Special exam - development (fall 09)
General exam (fall 08)
Special exam - health (fall 08)
Special exam - immigration & health (fall 08)
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) |
Special reading - religion & development (fall 11) |
Work, Occupations, and Organizations
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General exam (spring 12)
Special exam - economic sociology (spring 12)
General exam (spring 08)
General exam 1 (archive)
Special exam - race (spring 08) |
General reading - labor markets (fall 04) |
Theory
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General exam (fall 11)
Special exam - authority (fall 11)
Special exam - aesthetics (fall 11)
General exam (spring 11)
Special exam - urbanization (spring 11)
General and special exams (fall 04)
General exam 1 (archive)
General exam 2 (archive) |
Fall 2010-Spring 2011 Reading List |
