This writing-intensive capstone course is required of all English majors in their senior year. In this course, students will have the opportunity to demonstrate and apply the cumulative skills and knowledge they have accrued in the field of literary studies. Each seminar, capped at no more than 15 students, will engage in intensive study of a particular topic in the professor’s area of scholarly expertise. The course emphasizes individual guidance, class discussion, sophisticated research techniques, and the writing of a major analytical paper that represents a significant contribution to the critical conversation on the seminar’s topic.