The graduate Writing Program includes intensive seminars on traditional and contemporary literary topics, which are investigated from the specialized perspective of the active writer. Topics and readings vary each semester, but all literature seminars are conducted by writers and concentrate on crucial aspects of craft and technique as well as on issues of literary history and theory. Literature seminars meet once a week in a two-hour session. Like the writing workshops, seminars are conveniently scheduled during the early evenings, Tuesday through Thursday. Courses are intended for MFA students and otherwise by explicit permission by the director or associate director of the Writing Program.