Welcome to W.H. Moore's

Graduate Courses Page

What's Here?

1. The graduate courses I teach (including syllabi, student evaluations (where available) and some assignments). You can also find some student ratings of my courses at the Rate My Professors website. All FSU faculty course evaluations can be found here.
2. Advice

Graduate Courses

• POS 5736: Methods I, (2007, pdf). Student Course Evaulations 2006 (pdf), 2004.
• POS 5698, Fundamentals for Political Science (pdf). Student Course Evaulations: 2004, 2005 (pdf).
• INR 5934: Politics of Terror (pdf), Masters, Summer 2006. Student Course Evaulations and comments.
• CPO/INR 5934: Violent Intranational Political Conflict (pdf). Student Course Evaulations (2004).
• INR 6910: Advanced Research Workshop (pdf). Here's a link to the syllabus I used in 2000.
• INR 5934: Interaction and Political Violence, Fall 2001.
• INR 5934s: Ethnic Conflict, Third Party Intervention, and State Repression, Summer 1998.
• INR 5934r: Domestic/International Conflict, Summer 1997.
• INR 5938: Seminar in International Relations, Masters, Fall 1999.

Advice (for what it's worth)

• How to be a Good Graduate Student (by Marie desJardins).

It's All Latin to Me

• Common Latin Terms (e.g., i.e., etc.).

Advice on Comprehensive Exams

• Comprehensive Exams in IR.

Advice on Publishing Articles

• King, Gary. 2006. "Publication, Publication," PS: Political Science and Politics, 39(1):119-126.
• Van Cott, Donna Lee. 2005. "A Graduate Student's Guide to Publishing Scholarly Journal Articles," PS, 38(4), Oct, pp 741-743.
• Thunder, David. 2004. "Back to Basics: Twelve Rules for Writing a Publishable Article," PS: Political Science & Politics, July, 37(3): 493-495

Advice on Dissertations

• Philip Roeder on The Prospectus.
• Dissertation Symposium, PS: Political Science and Politics, 1986, 19.
• Chisholm, Donald. 1987. "Reflections on the Dissertation Committee," PS: Political Science And Politics, 20:257-62.
• Zinnes, Dina. 1985. "Reflections of a Past Editor," PS: Political Science and Politics, 18:607-12.

Advice on the Job Market

• Fuerstman, Daniel & Stephan Lavertu. 2005. "The Academic Hiring Process: A Survey of Department Chairs," PS, 38(4), Oct, pp 731-736.
• Simien, Evelyn M. 2002. "On the Market: Strategies for a Successful Job Candidate," PS, 35:581-583.
• Chisholm, Donald. 1988. "The Long Voyage Home -- Begun," PS: Political Science And Politics, 21:901-907.
• Chisholm, Donald. 1989. "The Long Voyage Home -- Concluded," PS: Political Science And Politics, 22:66-73.
• Drezner, Daniel W. 1998. "So You Want to Get a Tenure-Track Job..." PS: Political Science And Politics, 31:609-614.
• Carter, Ralph and James Scott. 1998. "Navigating the Job Market Minefield," PS: Political Science And Politics, 31:615-622.
• Mann, Sheilah. 1998. "Finding Jobs in Political Science: 1996 Placement Candidates Report on Their Employment Search and Outcomes," PS: Political Science and Politics, 31:591-608.
• Anagnoson, J. Theodore. 1994. Netting the Big One: Some Things Candidates (And Departments) Ought to Know... From the Hiring Department's Perspective," PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Sep), 558-562.
• Axelrod, Robert. 1985. "So You Want to Give an Academic Job Talk," PS: Political Science and Politics, 18:612-613.
• McGregor, James P. 1978. "Government Job-Hunting in Washington," PS, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Autumn), 492-498.

  Also, PS publishes an annual report on the job market (i.e., how many people got new jobs, etc.).

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