This course is a seminar which can be taken for 0 - 2 units, Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory with the following course description:
A forum for the presentation and discussion of research in progress by graduate students. To receive credit for the course, the student will participate fully, including, as asked, either making a presentation of work in progress or serving as lead discussant for another student's work. Appropriate works-in-progress include (but are not limited to) a paper in preparation for submission to a journal, a dissertation prospectus (including early drafts), a dissertation chapter, or a job market paper. Anyone working on theory is welcome.
https://polisci.berkeley.edu/research-and-teaching/lectures-colloquia/political-theory-workshop