The Fletcher School 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:
Block #2:
Mid-late September
Mid-late November
Block #3:
Block #4:
Mid-late February
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 Economics
Comparative Politics and Human Security
International Business & Economic Law
International Business Relations
International Environment & Resource Policy
International Information & Communication
International Monetary & Theory Policy
International Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
International Organizations
International Political Economy
International Security Studies
International Trade & Commercial Policies
Law and Development
Pacific Asia
Political Systems and Theories
Public International Law
Southwest Asia & Islamic Civilization**
United States
Steven Block
Zeynep Bulutgil
Joel Trachtman
Laurent Jacque
Kelly Gallagher
Carolyn Gideon
Michael Klein
Nadim Rouhana
Ian Johnstone
Katrina Burgess/ Daniel Drezner
Richard Shultz
Carsten Kowalczyk
Jeswald Salacuse
Sung-Yoon Lee
Robert Pfaltzgraff
Michael Glennon
Andrew Hess and Leila Fawaz**
Alan 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