Graduate Program Forms
Please review the Program Overview and the Graduate Program Rules to familiarize yourself with general program requirements. Please download the Form Requirement Checklist to understand which exact forms are required in order for you to successfully obtain
your Ph.D.



Required Departmental Forms
*All forms must first be routed through the department office. Please submit to gradpolisci@uci.edu for approvals.*
Select one of the following:
Two Approved Field Forms -- See below for Forms and Coordinator Contact Information
(Two must be completed):
Field Requirements:
American Politics Field Curriculum
Field Form:
American Politics
Field Coordinator:
Danielle Thomsen
Field Requirements:
Comparative Politics Field Curriculum
Field Form:
Comparative Politics
Field Coordinator:
Sara Goodman
Field Requirements:
International Relations Field Curriculum
Field Form:
International Relations
Field Coordinator:
Robert Uriu
Field Requirements:
Political Theory Field Curriculum
Field Form:
Political Theory
Field Coordinator:
Keith Topper
Public Law
2nd Field Coordinator:
Mary McThomas
Political Psychology
2nd Field Coordinator:
Kristi Monroe
Ethics
2nd Field Coordinator:
Kristi Monroe
Methodology
2nd Field Coordinator:
Ines Levin
Public Choise
2nd Field Coordinator:
Bernie Grofman
Democracy Studies
2nd Field Coordinator:
Louis DeSipio
Critical Theory
2nd Field Coordinator:
Kevin Olson
Race and Ethnicity
2nd Field Coordinator:
David Phoenix
Departmental Forms
Qualifying Paper Approval Form
Students must submit two qualifying
papers during their time in the graduate program
Approval of Advancement to Candidacy Committee
submitted 2 weeks prior to exam
DocuSign Online Forms
DocuSign Process - In what order do I fill the above forms?
- 1 - Please click on the appropriate Docusign form link
- 2 - For the Dept Form Preparer — please put your own name/email
- 3 - Please list the names and emails of all your committee members (only applies to Ph.D. Form 1 and Ph.D. Form 2)
- 4 - For Student — please put your own name/email
- 5 - For Department Chair/Grad Advisor — please put “Dept of Political Science” for name and place this email: gradpolisci@uci.edu
- 6 - For Associate Dean — please put “Barbara Sarnecka” and place this email: sarnecka@uci.edu
- 7- For Department Copy— please put “Dept of Political Science” for name and place this email: gradpolisci@uci.edu
Once you hit “BEGIN SIGNING,” it will ask you to fill out part of the form (your name, ID no, school/dept). Once you fill that out, it will ask you to hit “FINISH” and it will send to the next person on your list (usually in the order you set your committee members, chair will likely be first).
After it routes through them, it will come back to you as a student, where you might have to sign in the appropriate fields depending on the form (Docusign will indicate where).
Then, it will route to the email (gradpolisci@uci.edu) where the department graduate director will sign.
Then, it will route to Associate Dean Sarnecka.
Finally, after all those members have signed, it will route automatically to the Grad Division.
*Please make sure you enter all email addresses correctly; if not, your paperwork will get stuck within the Docusign platform
MA Degree for current Ph.D. students (Entails two steps:)
Step 1 (Must submit 1 QUARTER before earning the MA):
Master’s Advancement to Candidacy Comprehensive Exam
Advancement to Candidacy for PhD (Ph.D. Form 1):
Dissertation Defense Paperwork (Ph.D. Form 2):
Grad Division Filling Deadlines
Optional Forms
Domestic Student Forms
International Students Forms
Funding Forms
Conference Reimbursements
Graduate Student Conference Stipend Form — Departmental
Associated Graduate Students Travel Grants — University
External Grants
External Grant-Seeking Stipend Application — Departmental
Graduate Division Forms
Graduate Leadership
For DECADE, the information would be these two websites:
- Grad Division at https://grad.uci.edu/about-us/diversity/decade/index.php
- Social Science Council at https://sites.uci.edu/decadesocsci/
The DECADE representatives from our department are:
SocialScineces Council
Alisson Rowland
aarowlan@uci.edu
Nidhi Banavar
nbanavar@uci
Genesis Mazariegos
gmazari@uci
Jackie Ku
jackieck@uci
Yiwen Huang
yiwenh11@uci
Campus-Wide Rep
Jessica Taghvaiee
jtaghvai@uci
Polisci DECADE department reps:
Bianca Rubalcava
rubalcab@uci
Hesam Rahmani
rahmanih@uci
General Department Leadership
Department Graduate Reps:
Katelyn Kelly
katelymk@uci.edu
Paul Love
plove@uci.edu
Social Coordinators:
Elane Westfaul
ewestfau@uci.edu
Angelica Garcia-Macias
angeg18@uci.edu
Office Coordinators:
Melina Much
mmuch@uci.edu
Prince Heto
pheto@uci.edu