The aim of the graduate seminar course are the following:

• The student is able to give a presentation on a topic in front of both general and expert mathematics audience. 
• The student is able to develop/improve confidence in presentation skills and techniques.
• The student is able to widen the scope of knowledge by requiring him/her to participate in seminars related to and different from his/her research topic.
• The student is able to gain knowledge of what each other is doing in order to establish a sense of mathematical community.