This seminar is a colloquium for the writers of honors theses. Although each student's major work for the fall will be the writing of a thesis in consultation with an individual advisor, students will gather for occasional meetings in order to present and critique each other's proposals and drafts and to discuss common problems in research and the design of a long analytical essay. Evaluation will be based on class participation and completed written work, and will determine if a student will continue in the thesis program. For students proceeding to W031 and HIST 494, performance in the fall semester will figure into the thesis grade calculated at the of the year. The quality of a student's performance in end the colloquium segment of History 493, as well as his or her performance in all aspects of the May colloquium at which these are presented and critiqued, will be figured into the overall grade the student is given for History 493-494 and the departmental decision to award Honors or Highest Honors at Commencement. Enrollment limited to senior honors candidates.