This is an advanced graduate-level course on a specific topic in the areas of Chinese, Asian, Western, or Comparative/World History. The course involves an in-depth analysis of primary sources and an evaluation of the secondary literature on the topic of the seminar. The focus of this course will be on the development of a bibliography and the reading and discussion of the secondary literature on specific assigned topics.

CILO-1: Enhance their ability to ask questions of, accurately evaluate, and effectively synthesize primary and secondary historical writings. CILO-2: Develop the ability to effectively express their own ideas in written and oral forms. CILO-3: Expand their knowledge of the historical and social contexts that created diversity in past and present human cultures.