1973-1974 Academic Catalog

Academic Information 41 and provision of opportunities for faculty and students to work closely on specialized projects. It is a college objective to encourage student travel to foreign countries. Credit may be earned for such experience under the Independent Study Program. Although the individual students and faculty members are to work together on the development of criteria for successful completion of an independent study project, the following rules serve as guiding principles in the operation of the program: 1. No student may enroll in more than one independent study situation during the same term. 2. Hours granted for any one independent study shall not exceed four quarter hours. 3. The faculty member supervising the independent study must review and initial the student's copy of the written proposal and the registra– tion card. Registration for the independent study should be done at the beginning of the quarter in which the work is to be completed. 4. No more than eight hours in independent study may be counted toward the major field, no more than four hours toward a minor field, and no more than sixteen may be counted toward graduation. Independent study should not be taken outside of major and minor fields without written approval of the division chairman and academic dean. 5. Juniors and seniors are eligible for independent study. Sophomores may be considered to be eligible if they also have the approval of the academic dean and division chairman. 6. Grade point average shall not be a qualification for independent study, although the faculty member has the right to deny student participation for any reason the faculty member deems appropriate. 7. The grades of credit-no credit may be used as well as the regular marks at the discretion of the participating faculty member. Testing Out Procedure Qualified students are allowed to earn credit hours toward graduation by passing the appropriate examinations with a grade of "B" or better. Students interested in testing out must have division chairman approval. Tests can be taken during registration week or during the first two full calendar weeks of classes. The student will be granted hourly credit but will not be given a grade on the transcript. Students may not test out of a course they have audited and are not able to test out of more than twenty– seven quarter hours. A $10 test fee must be paid in advance. This amount wi 11 be applied to the $15 .00 per hour fee if the student successfully passes the examination.