Research Seminar

Catalog description

This interdisciplinary seminar is open to any student with an interest in national, transnational, and global issues and who has met the specified prerequisites. Its core objective is to cultivate an ability to comprehend, discuss, and produce scholarly re search at an advanced undergraduate level. Required readings cover seminal works and exemplary texts in transnational and international studies. In class meetings, students work as a collaborative team to analyze assigned readings and provide feedback on c lassmates’ research. During the initial weeks of the course, students submit 2025-2026 Campus Academic Catalog 255 research proposals and begin assembling relevant scholarly sources. In the remainder of the term, students prepare cumulative portions and rough drafts of a research paper, culminating in a final draft approximately 25 pages in length. The most outstanding papers will be submitted as a session for the spring Undergraduate Scholars Forum.