Independent Study Course Approval Form
Complete the following information for either Directed Studies (LING 590) or Research (LING 594).
Once the instructor for the course has approved the course description, send it to the Graduate Advisor.
Your name:
Chair’s name:
Instructor’s Name:
Course number (delete one):
LING 590 (Directed Studies)
LING 594 (Research)
Descriptive Title (Less than 30 characters, including spaces):
Is this course included on your Program of Study?
Semester in which all work will be completed:
Number of credits (1 credit for approximately 45 hours of work):
Description of course content: (Include list of readings or description of project)
Tangible outcome of course used as basis for grade: (Some examples would include summaries of
readings, term paper(s), or data corpus)
Tentative ‘Milestones’: Make a list of at least 4-6 intermediate goals with dates by which you plan to
meet each goal. These will be used by you and your advisor to make sure you will finish the course on
time.