Seminars are limited to 12 students. Any written work to be submitted in partial or total fulfillment of a project should not exceed 7,500 words. Projects normally arise out of graduate course work. The course is open only to students who can propose an independent project and who have made arrangements with a member of the department interested in supervising it. They are designed as refresher courses or as introductions to topics of particular contemporary concern.
Workshops grant one to four hours of graduate credit.
Students may not offer more than 4 credits of workshops toward fulfillment of requirements for advanced degrees except by permission of the graduate committee of the department. Candidates for degrees must consult with their advisers before electing summer workshops. When there is significant change in content, graduate courses may be repeated with permission of the chair of the Graduate Program Committee. Cognate courses Students in the M.A. program may, with written approval of the chairperson of the Graduate Program Committee, offer one course from another department for credit toward their degrees. Such courses should be advanced work in a field relevant to the students' special interests and needs.