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2INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENT AND ADVISOR
This report serves two purposes. First, it serves in lieu of a departmental course and is required under the
principle that the University must keep a record of the work of each student in each course in graduate
programs. Second, it affords a means whereby each student will receive appropriate permission for and
assistance in planning a directed study.
Directed study is generally authorized only for the advanced student who has an important area of
knowledge and/or work that should be included in a graduate program, but cannot be provided through
available courses. The advisor should authorize a directed study only if the individual time and assistance
necessary to carry it to completion can be given to the student.
POLICIES AND CRITERA IN DIRECTED STUDY
Directed study is an excellent procedure in graduate work provided it fulfills the following criteria:
1.
The study must be related to student’s major field, and be a significant body of knowledge and/or
work relevant to the student’s degree program, purpose, and objectives.
2.
The study must be at an advanced academic or professional level. It cannot duplicate work in any
course previously taken or to be available while the student is earning a degree.
PROCEDURE
1.
Registration in directed study must have advance approval of the student’s advisor and the Graduate
Officer in the department. The directed study must be under the advisor’s supervision unless
arrangements are made in advance that some other graduate faculty member will direct the study.
2.
The student must confer with his or her advisor before registration. The proposed directed study
must be carefully planned, the availability of necessary materials should be verified, and the
procedure for certifying credits (i.e., special examination report) should be agreed upon. Directed
study petitions that do not provide detailed course descriptions should not be approved.
3.
Hours of credit should be estimated conservatively before the student registers. The appropriate
amount of credit cannot always be determined in advance, but in no case should an hour of credit be
certified for less than an anticipated 30 to 40 clock hours of effective and intensive work.
If the student registered for either fewer or more hours of credit than are warranted, after the study is
completed, a Change of Elections should be submitted to either add or drop the appropriate number of hours.
If the student has registered for more hours than the completed study warrants, no refund will be allowed for
the excess hours.
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