Comps Prep Seminar

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

The Comps Prep Seminar gives second year PhD students the space and the opportunity for community building to be prepared for the comprehensive exams at the end of the second year. In consultation with the seminar instructor, their Comps committees, and each other, students will finalize their reading lists, work on their research readiness proposals and historiographical essays, and formulate and practice answering oral exam questions. In class, we’ll focus on reading tips for historians, thinking in terms of important themes and connections, writing and revising tips, and cheering each other on as you navigate this important milestone in your professional development, not on your own but as a cohort.