I was graduate advisor for the UO's Department of Political Science from 2004-2010. This site, although somewhat out of date, still provides some useful information for prospective and current graduate students in political science.
For Prospective Graduate Students
Department of Political Science Information: http://www.uoregon.edu/~polisci
- Graduate Student Page: http://polisci.uoregon.edu/graduate/graduate.shtml
- Tips for Graduate Students: http://rmitchel.uoregon.edu/gradprogram
- Contact Information for the Department: http://www.uoregon.edu/~polisci/
University of Oregon Graduate School: http://gradschool.uoregon.edu/
For Current Graduate Students
- Comprehensive Exam Reading Lists
- Preparing for Comprehensive Exams - a strategy for taking courses in 1st and 2nd year to prepare you
- Taking Comprehensive Exams
- All Sorts of Great Tips regarding Graduate Education from the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning
- Writing a Doctoral Dissertation or Masters Thesis
- Writing a Prospectus
- Various tip sheets on dissertation and thesis writing
- 2005 - Session on writing a dissertation - new ideas
- Managing Your Dissertation Writing
- Choosing and Writing a Dissertation -- suggestions from Craig Parsons, U of O, Dept of Political Science
- Getting Feedback On Your Thesis or Dissertation
- UO Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations
- Formatting advice for a dissertation
- Learn how to use Styles for Formatting your Documents - this will save you hours of time when writing papers by allowing you to format things easily and consistently, so you can focus on the content!
- Using IndexedArticle Databases at U of Oregon
- Converting a Thesis into a Book: Some sources for ideas and guidance
- Teaching
- Putting together a CV -- Tips from Julie Novkov, Spring 2006
- Grants
- Getting a Job
- Conferences
- Presenting Papers, ChairingandDiscussing - one set of suggestions
- Presenting Papers, ChairingandDiscussing - another set of suggestions
- Getting a Poster Printed on the U-Oregon campus
- Political Science Conferences with Date
- Setting Up a Panel for aConference
- Getting Published
- General