Undergraduate Forms
Departmental Forms:
- Approved Exceptions - to petition for non-political science courses to count toward the major
- Change Field of Course - to petition to change field distribution of a political science course
- Credit for Non–Yale Courses - to petition for non-Yale courses to be counted toward the major - must have course on your Yale College transcript before submitting this petition
- Interdisciplinary Concentration (IDC) Major Application - to be submitted before November recess in the final year of enrollment - includes the IDC Course Plan Proposal (see an example here)
- IDC Form for Concentration Courses - if, after the DUS approves your IDC Major Application, you would like to apply a different course toward your concentration, please submit this form.
- Intensive Major Application - to be submitted by juniors during fall term (see Deadlines)
- Directed Reading and Research for Junior Intensive Majors (PLSC 474)
- Individual Reading for Majors (PLSC 471 - Fall Semester)
- Individual Reading for Majors (PLSC 472 - Spring Semester)
Essays:
- Fall Senior Essay Prospectus - to be submitted by seniors completing essay in the fall in PLSC 480a or in a seminar
- Spring Senior Essay Prospectus - to be submitted by seniors completing essay in the spring in PLSC 480b or in a seminar
- Yearlong Senior Essay Prospectus (PLSC 490/491) - to be submitted in junior year (see Deadlines)
- Yearlong Senior Essay Prospectus for Intensive Majors (PLSC 490/493) - to be submitted by junior Intensive Majors during spring term (see Deadlines)