UBC Political Science will host a Grad School Information Session for our undergraduate students looking to pursue postgraduate studies on Tuesday, November 23 from 5:15-6:45 pm in IBLC 182.
Pre-Event Question Wall and Mingle (5:15-5:30 pm): We will be opening up the event space shortly after 5:00 to allow attendees to mingle and contribute responses to some question stations which we will have set up around the room. The purpose of these stations will be to give those in attendance a better sense of where their peers are at with their thinking around graduate school and the grad school application process.
Part 1 (5:30-6:10 pm): The Undergraduate Program Chair, Graduate Program Chair, and Graduate Program Coordinator (Dr. Andrew Owen, Dr. Arjun Chowdhury, and Chris Fernandez) will open the event with a discussion about deciding and applying to go to graduate school followed by an audience Q&A. In this portion of the event, we plan to cover:
- The different types of graduate programs open to POLI majors;
- How one knows if graduate school is the right next step for them; and
- Advice on how to approach the application process (based on the speakers’ experiences applying for their own MA/PhD programs and reviewing MA/PhD applications).
Part 2 (6:10-6:45 pm): Current UBC POLI MA and PhD students will speak about their own experiences of the grad school application process and graduate school generally followed by an audience Q&A.
*Please note that this plan is subject to change.
RSVP: If you plan to attend this event, please e-mail poli.advising@ubc.ca with your name and student number. Please feel free to include any burning questions which you have about the grad school application process/grad school experience in this e-mail so that we can be sure to address them during the event or in our post-event resources.
Accessibility Needs: If you need any supports or structures in place in order for you to enjoy/engage in this event, please be sure to include this information in your e-mail to me.
