PhD students are required to attend Departmental seminars delivered by faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students. Further, each PhD student should present at least one seminar on a timely research topic. The course is graded as pass or fail. To secure a passing NP grade in this course, the student should have passed the PhD Comprehensive Exam. A student registered in the Seminar Course will be assigned an IC (incomplete) grade in case he fails the PhD Comprehensive exam in that semester. The IC grade will be changed to a passing NP grade once he passes the PhD Comprehensive Exam latest by the following semester to avoid having the IC grade changed to F.