Don’t just copy your notes! Processing information requires you to be active, not passive. A better option is to create summary sheets for each topic, but keep them short and sweet, use bullet points, ...
In addition to History 600 (Proseminar), all Ph.D. students are required to take either History 781 (Historiography: The Americas), History 783 (Historiography), or History 785 (U.S. Historiography) ...