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Seminar on topics of current interest as announced in the Class Schedule. Course Information: Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary. Prerequisite: As specified for each topic offering, see Class Schedule or departmental course description.

In this seminar, we will investigate literature in the field of doctoral education and research pedagogy as a formative tool to enhance your cognitive map, i.e. mental model, of the skills and habits of heart and mind expected from mature researchers. Upon completion of this seminar you will have refined your under- standing of the implicit expectations of your discipline, which will prepare you to better meet the rigorous challenges of completing the doctorate. This seminar seeks to fundamentally clarify uncertainty about the PhD through examination, reflection, and discussion on readings describing it. Therefore, this seminar will ask hard, thought provoking questions, which we will investigate by examining critical perspectives from existing doctoral education research.