Directed Study: Under special circumstances, directed studies are available to non-guest students in order to complete a degree or endorsement program when a course is not available. Approval by the appropriate department chair and the dean is required.

Independent Study: Independent Study courses are designed to provide students with the opportunity to pursue a specific interest above and beyond the department curriculum offerings. The independent study is available for full-time CUC students only. Courses in the curriculum may not be taken by independent study, nor can an independent study duplicate the content of an established course. Grading procedures and policies concerning incompletes also apply to independent study courses. Graduate students are subject to the following limitation: a maximum of two, three-semester-hour independent study courses in a 30-hour master’s program.

The Independent Study Application form is available through the student's GPS advisor or in CUConnect. Specific proposal information is included on the form. The proposal and form are to be turned in to the student’s GPS advisor one semester prior to the beginning of the semester of enrollment. Once approved by the GPS advisor, the application is to be presented to the department chair, along with the proposal, for his/her approval and signature.