What are the 500 level reading seminars intended to do?
These courses, numbered 515 through 585, consist mainly of readings in secondary sources on a variety of topics. These seminars comprise the majority of our graduate offerings. The amount of reading and the amount and nature of writing assignments vary as does the scope of the seminar. However, the focus of each seminar is broad enough so that a student who has completed three or four of these courses within a field will be well on the way to being prepared for examination in that field.
