Comprehensive/Qualifying Exam Reading Lists

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Comprehensive/Qualifying Exam Reading Lists and Sample Questions

Brandeis University posts syllabi, which would include reading lists

Reading List from Columbia University

Article List from Columbia University

Reading Lists and Past Prelims from Duke University

Link page to lists in Emory University's 5 areas of concentration

reading lists in 9 areas from Kent State University

Past Prelims (no reading lists) from NC State University

Past syllabi from Rutgers University, which would include reading lists

Page with Links to Sample Questions and "Essential Works in Sociology" Reading List", from South Dakota State University

Past syllabi from Southern Illinois University, which would include reading lists

Past exams and reading lists for theory and methods tests at Texas Women's University

Past Exams and Reading Lists, University of Akron/Kent State University

Reading Lists from the University of Arizona

The University of Cincinnati's student association has a general booklist and a list of social organization books

Reading Lists from the University of Colorado-Boulder, and past prelims are located further down the page

Reading Lists from the University of Georgia, "coming soon" as of 6/2007

Reading Lists from the University of Maryland-College Park

Core reading lists from the Universit of Missouri-Columbia

The University of Notre Dame's list of "important books" (not aimed particularly at prelims

Reading Lists and Past Exams from the University of Texas-Austin

Past Exams (no Reading Lists) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Links to the Core Areas at Western Michigan University, some of which have reading lists

Past Exams (No Reading Lists) for Theory and Methods Exams at American University


Other Helpful Information

The Sociology Graduate Student Association at the University of California--Irvine has posted a few personal accounts of preparing for, and taking, prelims

The student association at the University of Cincinnati has suggestions on how to annotate articles