The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

The FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy

Request to Schedule Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations

The written comprehensive exams are held four times per year. Students must take their exams at one of the times listed below:

Block #1: Mid-late SeptemberBlock #3: Mid-late February

Block #2: Mid-late NovemberBlock #4: Mid-late April

N.B.Before registering for these exams, you must have an approved Ph.D. Plan of Study on file in the Registrar’s Office. You also need to have completed all coursework prior to beginning the comprehensive exam process.

Name: ______

Address: ______

Email: ______Tel #: ______

When do you plan to take your comprehensive exams? ______

(See exam blocks above)

Fields Offered for Comprehensive Exams:

Please refer to the reverse side of this form to determine the faculty member responsible for the Ph.D. comprehensive exams in each field. The coordinator is responsible for providing and correcting the written exam. In addition, the coordinator will serve as the examiner in the oral portion of the comprehensive exams unless an alternate has been designated and approved.

I have elected to be examined in the following:

______2 fields(min of 4 courses required per field with no more than one field exception allowed)

Primary Field/Examiner Name: (The field coordinator of the primary field will chair the oral exam)

Second Field/Examiner Name:

Please note:

The ORAL EXAM will take place approximately 14 days after the completion of the written exams.

Signature of Student: ______Date: ______

Field Supervisors for Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams

Development EconomicsSteven Block

Comparative Politics and Human SecurityZeynep Bulutgil

International Business & Economic LawJoel Trachtman

International Business RelationsLaurent Jacque

International Environment & Resource PolicyKelly Gallagher

International Information & CommunicationCarolyn Gideon

International Monetary & Theory PolicyMichael Klein

International Negotiation & Conflict ResolutionNadim Rouhana

International OrganizationsIan Johnstone

International Political Economy Katrina Burgess/Daniel Drezner

International Security StudiesRichard Shultz

International Trade & Commercial PoliciesCarsten Kowalczyk

Law and DevelopmentJeswald Salacuse

Pacific AsiaSung-Yoon Lee

Political Systems and TheoriesRobert Pfaltzgraff

Public International LawMichael Glennon

Southwest Asia & Islamic Civilization**Andrew Hess and Leila Fawaz**

United StatesAlan Henrikson

**Students offering the Southwest Asia Field should develop their reading list with both Professor Hess and Professor Fawaz as both faculty members will contribute to the written field exam.

5-21-2015