MOPS conducts regular seminars and meetings on issues relevent to Political Science graduate students. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions you should contact this year's MOPS representatives Amber Curtis or Jami Nunez.

January 21, 2009: Field Research
Field Research Suggestions: download (pdf)
Field Work Funding Sources: download (doc)
Field Work Grant and Fellowship Information: download (xls)

November 3, 2008: Website Design
Graduate students will talk about how you can create your own website. Websites can be great teaching resource and are essential when you go on the job market.

Power Point: click here

October 10, 2008: First-Year/Qualifying Paper

Faculty and graduate students discuss the political science qualifying paper.

Qualifying Paper: Department Guidelines (pdf)

Qualifying Paper Suggestions (pdf)

September 15, 2008: Citation Software

Graduate students will discuss their favorite ways to manage citations: download (ppt)