Program checklist · PhD

Political Science, PhD

Binghamton University · Vestal, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program

Award: PhD
Credential class: ceterms:DoctoralDegree
CIP: 13.1205
Catalog edition: 2026-2027
Checklist type: degree-program

Identifiers

IPEDS UNITID: 196079
CourseShelf checklist: CK_196079_665b5ada
CollegeTransfer.Net: Institution Transfer Profile
Source: CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Admission Requirements

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Program Requirements

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Course Requirements

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Three Core Seminar Courses
Not resolved to a course
Introduction to American Politics
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Introduction to Comparative Politics
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Introduction to World Politics
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Five Courses in Political Methodology
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Research Methods and Statistics I
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Research Methods and Statistics II
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Introduction to Formal Theory
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Two advanced skill courses
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Seven Electives (usually four in the student’s primary field and three in their secondary)
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Advanced Research Seminar course
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Committe Selection

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Skill Requirement

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Qualifying Exam Requirement

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Sufficient to continue in the doctoral program.
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Insufficient to continue in the doctoral program, sufficient for MA. Student exits program at end of the third semester with an MA degree.
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Fail. Student exits program.
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Comprehensive Exam Requirement

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Allow students a constrained choice over which questions to answer, e.g. by including multiple sections with slates of questions from which the students may choose;
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Require responses to more than one question;
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Solicit independent, original writing from students;
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Last at most two calendar days.
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Pass: The student continues in the program. The dissertation prospectus must be successfully defended within six (6) months of the successful completion of the comprehensive exams.
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Provisional Pass: The student must retake the exam. The provisional pass is a temporary grade and will be replaced with a grade of Pass or Fail based on the retake. The deadline for the retake is at the field’s discretion but may not be later than one month after the student has been notified of the exam result. Depending upon the nature and quality of the answers provided on the original exam, and at the field’s discretion, the retake may be in whole or in part, and may be oral or written in format. The retake must be in the same field as the original exam.
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Fail: The student may retake the exam one time. The deadline for the retake may not be later than the end of the semester. The retake will follow the same format as the original exam and must be in the same field as the original exam. A second failure results in dismissal from the program.
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Dissertation Prospectus Requirement

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Dissertation Requirement

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Additional Information About the Program

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Source. Binghamton University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.binghamton.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=7&poid=2171&returnto=313. Captured page pages/0203.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.