Forms / Advising
Undergraduate Forms
Departmental Forms
- Course Substitution - 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:
Advising
All majors are expected to select a faculty member of the department as their adviser. Majors should identify an adviser as soon as possible after declaring their major. Advisers can discuss course offerings, discuss courses that would be of benefit for the student’s particular intellectual and research interests and ambitions, sign course schedules, and advise senior essays.
Selecting an adviser is largely up to the student. Most students ask a faculty member with whom they have taken one or more courses to advise them but it is not a requirement that a student take a course with a faculty member prior to making an appointment and discussing any questions the student may have about the major.
Students who are unsure who they might contact, either for advice about a specific issue or general advice about the major, can find information about the research and teaching interests of the faculty on the department’s Faculty Listing and List of Lecturers. Here are the most current faculty office hours.
Students may, of course, also arrange to meet with the DUS to discuss questions or matters pertaining to courses and the major, including identifying a possible adviser. Visit this page to make an appointment with the DUS.