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
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
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
