Canadian Politics
Spring 2014: Canadian Politics PhD Exam: Core, Parties, Elections, Public Opinion
Fall 2010 – Spring 2007: Canadian Political PhD Exam: Core, Parties and Elections, Federalism and Regionalism, Canadian Political Thought, Parliament
Comparative Politics
Spring 2021: Comparative Politics
Fall 202: Comparative Politics
2019: Comparative Politics Catalogue of Core Comprehensive Exam Questions
Spring 2019: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Latin America
Spring 2019: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Southeast Asia
Spring 2018: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Comparative Parties and Political Institutions
Spring 2018: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Comparative Political Economy
Spring 2016: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, The State, Latin America
Fall 2015: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, Comparative Public Policy, Comparative Political Economy
Spring 2015: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, The State Comparative Public Policy
Spring 2015: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Public Policy
Spring 2015: Minor, Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, Ethnicity and Social Movements
Fall 2014: Minor, Comparative Politics PhD Exam: ore, Ethnicity and Social Movements
Spring 2014: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, Democratization, Chinese Politics
Spring 2014: Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, Comparative Political Economy, Political Economy of Development
Spring 2014: Minor, Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, Comparative Parties and Political Behaviour
Spring 2014: Minor, Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, China
Spring 2014: Minor, Comparative Politics PhD Exam: Core, Comparative Political Economy
International Relations
Fall 2023: International Relations
Fall 2021: International Relations
Spring 2020: International Relations
Fall 2017: International Relations PhD Exam: International Security
Spring 2017: International Relations PhD Exam: International Relations Theory
Spring 2017: International Relations PhD Exam: International Relations Theory, Norms and Legitmacy
Spring-2017: International Relations PhD Exam: International Organization
Spring 2017: International Relations PhD Exam: International Security
Spring 2017: International Relations PhD Exam: International Political Economy
Spring 2016: International Relations PhD Exam: IR Theory and International Political Economy
Fall 2015: International Relations PhD Exam: IR Theory, International Organization, Security
Spring 2014: International Relations PhD Exam: IR Theory, International Organization, International Political Economy, Security
Spring 2014: Minor, International Relations PhD Exam: IR Theory, International Organization, International Political Economy, Security
Fall 2010 – SPring 2007: International Relations PhD Exam: IR Theory, International Organization, International Politics Economy, Security
Political Theory
Note: Copies of previous PT comp reading lists are available for PhD candidates, please contact Chris Fernandez (christopher.fernandez@ubc.ca).
Spring 2020: Political Theory 2
Spring 2020, Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Said
Fall 2019, Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Arendt
Fall 2018: Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Marx
Fall 2017 – Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Foucault
Spring 2017: Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Ricoeur
Spring 2016 – Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Aristotle, Demos and Boundary Problems in Democratic Theory
Fall 2015 – Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Aristotle, Rawls, Judging Compromises in Democracries
Spring 2015 – Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Hobbes, Tocqueville, Democracy and Violence
Fall 2014 – Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Arendt, Weber, Ethno-Cultural Diversity Accomodation
Spring 2014 – Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Foucault, Deliberative Democracy
Fall 2009 – Political Theory PhD Exam: Approaches, Foucault, Kant, Habermas, Arendt, Tocqueville, Mill, Berlin, Marx, Aristotle, Dewey, Montesquieu, Nietzche, de Beauvoir, Locke, Bourdieu, Machiavelli, Freud, Hobbes
Spring 2008 – Political Theory PhD Exams: Tocqueville, Foucault, Nietzsche, Aristotle, Taylor, Berlin, Marx
US Politics
Fall 2015 – US Politics PhD Exam: Core, Public Policy, Political Behaviour
Fall 2015 – US Politics PhD Exam: Core, Political Behaviour
Spring 2014 – US Politics PhD Exam: Core, Political Behaviour, Media
Spring 2007 – US Politics PhD Exam: Core, Foreign Policy, Presidency, Public Management and Bureaucratic Politics, Congress, Public Policy