Self-Directed Work

9/3/98 Version

In this course you work on a task selected in consultation with an instructor. However the usual situation is that you do work you choose. (Working on something that you choose can involve reading up on a subject.)

There are two main things that have to be done. The first is to complete a form available from the SEAS Office of Undergraduate Advising, 6426 Boelter Hall, and obtain a faculty member's signature approving a paragraph statement describing what will be done. I generally request email submission of a draft of that paragraph, and usually comment or revise it. The second is to turn in two copies of a final report describing the work done. This is an essential step since no grade is awarded without an accompanying report.

The catalog copy describing the course follows.

199. Special Studies (2 to 8 units). Prerequisites: upper division standing, consent of instructor. Individual investigation of selected topic to be arranged with a faculty member. Enrollment request forms available in department office. Occasional field trips may be arranged. May be repeated for credit.