Description:
As a general rule, students only take independent study credits when no course offerings matching their needs are available. Students should not have more than one independent study as an elective counting toward their minimal doctoral degree requirements (unless director, area coordinator, and student's adviser approve such a request). Students may take additional independent studies, as long as they are not used to fulfill minimal program credit requirements. In other words, only one Independent study will count toward your degree credits, unless approved as above.