Fall 2025 English GR6300 section 001

Third Year Proseminar

Call Number 19966
Day & Time
Location
R 12:10pm-2:00pm
612 Philosophy Hall
Points 1
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Julie S Peters
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This proseminar, which meets alternate weeks for the full academic year, is required for third-year PhD students in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. The seminar will help you prepare for orals, develop your dissertation ideas, expand your research skills, produce articles for publication, and generally extend your professional skills. While we will read some practical “how to” literature and models, the focus will be on writing, workshopping material, and discussing process (time-management, organization, etc). Both out-of-class assignments and in-class writing exercises should serve to extend your ideas—or shake them loose—and bring you closer to a dissertation that represents your vision, makes others want to read your work, and reminds you why you care. By the end of the year, you will have a polished dissertation prospectus and should have submitted at least one article for publication (or have one close-to-ready for submission). Above all, the seminar offers a supportive community, an opportunity to try out ideas (cooked or still raw), and encouragement from your fellow scholar-writer-thinkers as you progress toward your orals and dissertation.

Web Site Vergil
Department English and Comparative Literature
Enrollment 15 students (18 max) as of 9:05PM Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Subject English
Number GR6300
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20253ENGL6300G001