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Special Studies

Occasionally, the university will offer a special course that is not in the regular curriculum. This special course can take one of two forms:

1. a special, one-time, classroom-based course provided by the university;
2. a special, one-time, independent study of a topic not in the current curriculum developed by a professor and student to expand the depth and quality of the student’s degree plan.  A special study must be developed with the agreement and approval of the division chair and the Executive Vice-President of Academic Affairs and must include a full syllabus with proper outcomes, evaluative tools, and assignments. Special studies must be included in the advance planning and scheduling process and thus approved by one month prior to the beginning of pre-registration for the semester in which the course will be taught. Each student is limited to two special studies over the course of his/her academic program.