04:06:00
INDEPENDENT
STUDY
I. Policy
Registration in
a course on an independent study basis will be limited by these factors:
A. Need: Generally only courses that are not offered in the regular class
schedule and are required for graduation within one term may be considered for
independent studies.
B. Kind of course: Courses with laboratories are generally not suitable
for independent study. Courses with adequate study guides and well-written texts
and resource books are most suitable.
C. Availability of instructor: Independent study is a time-consuming
method of instruction.
1. Faculty load of .25 of a one credit hour for two or three credit
hour courses (.33 for four credits and .41 of five credits) will be assigned
for each student. Payment will be per the Extra Compensation Pellissippi State
Policy No. 06:05:00. The faculty member with the concurrence of the department
head may choose to use the credit for regular load assignments in the academic
year received in lieu of extra compensation.
2. All requests for workload credit due to independent study must be
approved by the department head. Appropriate student registration must occur
prior to the end of the registration period.
Students who can prove to the satisfaction of faculty that they are
capable of independently mastering the content of a course may be eligible to
complete a course on an independent study basis.
Permission to pursue independent study must be granted by both the
student's instructor and course department head.
1. No independent study credit will be given for students on regular
class rolls. All such students will be registered in a separate section that is
appropriately labeled.
2. No independent study payment will be awarded for the summer term.
The current maintenance fee per credit hour (non-refundable) shall be
paid to the Business Office. Out-of-state and international students must also
pay the current tuition per credit hour (non-refundable). The total student
maintenance fee and tuition cannot exceed the current published maximum for one
semester. Students are given one semester to complete a course taken as
independent study.
Examinations will be
given by the faculty member as the student progresses through the assigned
material. It is the student's responsibility to meet with the faculty member to
provide progress reports and to arrange examinations throughout the semester to
complete the
course material.
If the independent study course is passed, the student is awarded full course credit. If the
course is failed, the student may not subsequently request another independent
study of that course. Grades of A, B+, B, C+, C, D, F,
W, or I are assigned to courses pursued on this basis.
II. Procedures
A. Student requests permission from course department head for
independent study course.
B. The course department head and instructor confer to determine
approval.
C. If approved, the course department head adds a section 99 and lab Z
(if appropriate) to the course term file.
D. Student submits registration form or drop/add form to Admissions and Records for processing.
E. Student pays required fees, if any.
Approved:
Executive Council, March 4, 1991
Editorial
Changes, April 20, 1993
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, September 9, 1997
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, May 25, 1998
Approved: President
Allen G. Edwards, October 9, 2001
Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, December 12,
2005