Provides PhD students with experience of formulating a research topic, selecting appropriate staff assistance, writing a research essay, presenting this work in a seminar and, in general, to develop their research skills. It is expected that the research topic chosen by the student will be a first run at defining a subject area for their doctoral dissertation. (This does not commit the student to a particular topic/supervisor). The research essay, which may be built around a survey of several related papers on a topic of the student?s choice, is expected to be about fifteen pages in length.

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