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E495 REQUIREMENTS

Independent study allows the undergraduate student to pursue reading, research, writing, and criticism beyond the bounds provided by regular classes--supervised, but not instructed, by the faculty. Its purpose, recognizing the limits of the university, is to provide individualized opportunity for students with special interests and extraordinary abilities. However, a secondary, "unphilosophical" purpose is to provide some slightly flexible route to regular study for certain students who, without fault, cannot schedule the regular curriculum.
  1. Under normal circumstances, an E-495 project should not parallel our regularly offered courses.
  2. Independent study should be entered from course work that provides its foundations in subject matter, critical or research method, and so forth.
  3. E-495 is rarely taken for more than two credit hours. More than two hours must be justified as extraordinary. Up to six credits of E-495 may count toward graduation requirements.
  4. An E-495 project cannot be a substitute for any of the required upper level distributional requirements.
  5. The student, with the help of the supervising professor, designs a proposal that describes the purpose, the material to be covered, and the methods of evaluation.
  6. The student submits the project proposal on the E-495 form (in duplicate) to the Undergraduate Coordinator for approval prior to registering for E495.
  7. The student's advisor, supervising professor, and undergraduate coordinator sign the E-495 form which is then turned in to one of the secretaries in the English Office.
  8. The supervising professor teaches an E-495 as an overload.
  9. Maximum credits of E-495 in all fields allowed toward degree: 4.
  10. Maximum credits of E-495 per semester: 2.
  11. Grading will be traditional grade only.

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