Independent Study:Jr. Level

Catalog description

The chief purpose of the junior-level independent study project is for the student to acquire knowledge in a particular area of literature (reading and research project) or to produce a substantial piece of writing, either creative or discursive (writing project). For the reading and research project, the student will develop a course of study with the project director that may utilize audiovisual as well as printed material. In addition to a reading program, the student will write a substantial paper that develops from that reading program; the paper should use primary texts and have a textual perspective-historical, critical, aesthetic, or mythic. For the writing project, the student will develop a program of reading and writing with the project director. Minimum GPA of 3.0 (or cumulative average of 3.4 or higher for courses in the major field).