SP18 BQE

Announcement Regarding SP18 BQE

The Graduate Coordinator has determined the SP18 dates and times for the MA program’s Basic Qualifying Examination (BQE). (This announcement applies to those graduate students who have not yet achieved classified status and so still need to attempt/pass the BQE.)

  • BQE orientation: there is a BQE orientation meeting scheduled for Monday February 19th from 5:30pm–6:30pm.
  • Text Exam: the text exam is scheduled for Saturday, April 21st from 10:00am–2:00pm. The texts for the text exam are: Eileen O’Neill’s (2005) article, ‘Early modern women philosophers and the history of philosophy‘ in Hypatia 20(3): 185–197, and John Taurek’s (1977) article ‘Should the numbers count?‘ in Philosophy and Public Affairs 6(4): 293–316.
  • Analytic Exam: the analytic exam is scheduled for Sunday, April 22nd from 10:00am–2:00pm.

All BQE events will take place in the department’s seminar room (MHB–915). If you are planning on taking either portion of the BQE this semester but have a schedule conflict with any of these times, please let the Graduate Coordinator, Marcy Lascano, know at your earliest convenience.