Many of the informational documents below have been prepared largely by graduate students in sociology over the years. They are meant to provide some advice and insight into different aspects of the UCI sociology graduate program and of graduate school in general.

 

Tracking Progress in the Program

• Ph.D. Worksheet

 

Advancing to Candidacy

• A Guide

 

Field Exams

• General Information
• A Student's Field Exam Experience (Danielle Rudes)
• A Student's Field Exam Experience (Yuki Kato)

Getting Funding

• ASA Workshop: How to Get Funding For Qualitative Research
• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Proposal Checklist
• Steps For Submitting a Grant

 

Publishing

• Getting Things Published

 

Second Year Paper

• Information About the Second Year Paper

 

SGSA Workshops

• Getting and Writing Grants
• Preparing For the Job Market
• Professional Associations Workshop

 

Teaching Resources

• ASA Workshop: Teaching Marx

 

Department Petition Forms

• Petition for Alternative Field Exam
• Petition to Count an Independent Study Course as an Elective
• Petition to Waive a Required Course
• Petition for Waiver or Course Substitution regarding Pro-Seminar II
• Petition to Count a Non-departmental Seminar toward Sociology Requirement