Description: Seminar, three hours. Required of third-year gender studies graduate students. To be taken after all other coursework is complete; primarily geared toward proposal writing for dissertations and outside grants. Process of constructing dissertation proposals by providing structured process with incremental steps toward writing of dissertation proposal draft. Professional development for students as they prepare to enter academia or other professions. Help in preparation for fall grant-writing season, exploration of job/interview process, development of materials to assist in teaching, and analysis of various job markets. May be repeated once for credit with instructor change. Letter grading.

Units: 4.0