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Directed/Independent Study Form
Students in the MBMH Program follow a scholarly concentration of core
and elective courses to fulfill the basic requirements. In addition, students
are required to develop an individual project with the goal of in-depth study
in the focus area. Since scholarly work in the humanities and arts tends to
be much more individual compared to scientific research, each student will
likely need to design his or her own project. Students will need to submit a
project proposal for review and approval, and each student will need a
faculty advisor/mentor for the project.
Although the project need not be hypothesis-driven research, the pursuit of
skill development alone (such as music lessons) would not qualify as
independent study. All projects must demonstrate relevance to bioethics
and/or medical humanities. The form of the project is flexible, but does
require faculty or program director approval on the Form for Independent
Study (see below).
Presentation of the project may be required. In addition, presentation at a
local, national or international meeting, such as the American Society for
Bioethics and Humanities annual meeting, will be encouraged.
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Masters Program: Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Staff Contact:___ 974-5300__
FORM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY
Student Name____________________________________Semester_______Year____
Course Number__________________________________________________________
Core Courses Completed
Grade
Elective Courses Completed
Grade
________________________________________________________________________
Briefly describe the goal of the proposed project and how it relates to the program
Goal:
Relationship:
Describe how you plan to proceed and include the readings, films, other resources you
expect to include.
What will be the final product of the independent project (paper, ppt, projects).
Due Date_____________________________________________________________
Approved by ____________________________________participating faculty
OR
_____________________________________program director (LLNixon)
Comments: