Whom to schedule an appointment with, and how

All incoming Politics majors must meet with a department representative in order to complete their sign-in registration. It is explained below whom to make an appointment with and how.

What to do in preparation for your appointment

To prepare for your meeting, please follow these important steps below at least 24 hours* prior to your meeting: 

  1. Complete the Sophomore Intake Form in its entirety.

    [A copy of your internal transcript must be uploaded into the form and can be obtained via TigerHub.]
     
  2. Declare Politics as your major online only if you are certain about your choice. 

    [Upon declaring the major, you must select a primary field (coded as a subplan in TigerHub) from the following options: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory. Students may change their primary field at a later date by simply informing the Department.]

*Department representatives need to have access to your academic record and degree progress audit in Stellic in order to effectively advise you. If you’re unable to complete the two steps at least 24 hours prior to your meeting, we ask that you cancel your appointment and reschedule for another time. 

Deadline to register

During the sophomore declaration period (March 26-April 14), prospective Politics majors must meet with one of the department representatives listed above. 

In addition, students must also officially declare the major online for the University.

The deadline to register in the Department of Politics as well as to choose your major online is Tuesday, April 14.

POL 300

Politics majors are required to complete POL 300 (Conducting Independent Research in Political Science) in the Fall semester of junior year. POL 300 is designed to prepare juniors to complete their independent work conducted in their Spring junior paper and senior thesis. Students will learn the basics of conducting political science research and will write a research prospectus in the Fall. POL 300 will count for departmental course credit. 
 
All prospective Politics majors in the Class of 2028 must block out MW, 9:35-10:25 AM in their Fall 2026 schedules in order to take POL 300.

NOTE: All POL 300 precepts will meet either Wednesdays at 12:30 PM or Wednesdays at 7:30 PM. Students must leave space open in their schedules so that they can be placed into a precept during one of these two times at the start of Fall classes.

Other Information

Sophomores electing to enter the Department of Politics must have completed two Politics courses on a graded basis before the end of the current academic year. Only one of these may be a course on the Department's list of courses meeting the analytical requirement (see below).

Students must complete a course satisfying an analytical requirement by the end of the Fall semester of the junior year. In exceptional cases, the Director of Undergraduate Studies may approve delaying the completion of this requirement until the Spring semester of the junior year.

All courses to be used to fulfill departmental requirements must be taken on a graded basis.

The Department maintains a list of all cognates approved by the Cognate Approval Advisor for each student. The cognates must be approved during the semester in which they are taken (no later than the last day of classes). Courses taken in the first or sophomore year cannot be designated as cognates. See the cognate policy for additional information.

In order to complete the POL 300 course requirement, Politics juniors need to be on campus and cannot participate in study abroad during Fall semester of junior year.

You can find more information about the Politics Undergraduate Program on our website.

Email addresses for sophomore sign-in contacts

Professor Vreeland, jrv@princeton.edu 
Professor Lee, frances.lee@princeton.edu 
Professor Gieczewski, germang@princeton.edu 
Professor Judd, gleason.judd@princeton.edu 
Professor McConnaughy, corrinem@princeton.edu
Gayle Brodsky, gbrodsky@princeton.edu