SOC Independent Study Requirements Form
Title of Proposed Project:
Student Name:
Student ID:
Project Completion Date:
Project Outline: Please provide a statement about your project goals, objectives, and a detailed description
of your final project.
Due Dates for assignments – Please provide a detailed semester schedule of all assignments and/or project
requirements. Also include the number of times you will be meeting with your faculty advisor throughout
the semester.
Assignments and/or meeting times with faculty advisor:
Due Date:
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Grading criteria – please provide the % of how much each assignment is worth. For example, if you have
weekly journal entries as part of your project you may put that the journal entries will be worth 20% of
your final grade. Percentages should add up to 100%.
Assignments:
% of final grade
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Additional Questions for Independent Study in COMM
Why are you requesting to do an independent study?
What academic need is not being met by the curriculum in your program?
What is the purpose of this independent study?
What are you going to learn?