Barnard Political Science: Independent Study

POLS BC 3799 INDEPENDENT STUDY OPTION

Students who wish to do an independent study project should speak to a full-time Barnard Political Science faculty member willing to serve as sponsor, then fill out a "Request for Approval of Credit for Independent Study" (see link below) and obtain signatures from the sponsor and chair of the department. File the form with the Committee on Programs and Academic Standing (CPAS), which must approve all requests. (Note that no credit is given for an internship or job experience per sé, but credit is given for an academic research paper written in conjunction with an internship, subject to the procedures outlined above.) Students must consult with the sponsor in advance of filing to determine workload and points of credit.

A project approved for three or four points counts as a course for the purpose of the ten-course major or five-course minor requirement. No more than two such three or four-point projects may be used for the major, and no more than one for the minor. An independent study project may not be used to satisfy either the colloquium or senior seminar requirement.

Each instructor is limited to sponsoring one independent study project per semester.

The Registrar will assign a POLS BC 3799 section and call number unique to the faculty sponsor. The Request for Approval of Credit for Independent Study is available (in PDF) from the Registrar's web site.