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APPLICATION FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY/RESEARCH
SUNY Plattsburgh
Please type information in the form below then print page to obtain signatures.
STUDENT INFORMATION
Student’s Name: Last Name, First Name Student’s ID# Cumulative GPA
Local or Cell Telephone Number
Major(s) Minor(s) Class Level
Total number of credit hours to be registered for this semester, including proposed independent study:
Total number of independent study credits completed prior to this proposal: ___________
undergraduate graduate
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Subject/Number (e.g., ANT#99, where # can be 1 to 5 depending on level, or departmental research number): ______
Title of Independent Study/Research: ______________________________________________________________
Number of Credit Hours for this Independent Study/Research: ____________________________________________
(Faculty sponsor must attach justification for the number of credit hours awarded.)
Date Project Begins: __________________________________ Date Project Ends: _______________________
Hours of Effort per Week: ____________________
Location (select one): Main Campus Branch Campus (ACC) Miner Center HVCC Other (list):________
Faculty Sponsor's Name: __________________________ Sponsor's Campus Address/Phone: ____________________
Explain how this course is applicable toward the student's degree program:_______________________________
Satisfies Major Requirements; In Major but Elective; Satisfies Minor Requirement; College Elective Credit
(Note: If the independent study is a deviation/substitution for a course in the student's program, a Deviation Request Form
must accompany this application.)
Signatures must be obtained in the following order:
COURSE APPROVAL
Yes No
Faculty Sponsor
Indicate Approval and Option in Email
Date
Professor/Associate/Assistant Lecturer Adjunct Other
Academic Advisor _____________________________________________________ Date:_________
Indicate Approval in Email
Chair (of department offering course):
Indicate Approval in Email
Date:
Dean (of division offering course): ______________________________________ Date: ________
Indicate Approval in Email
CREDIT OVERLOAD APPROVAL (see I.B. in Guidelines and Procedures on reverse side)
Yes No
Chair (of student's major):
Indicate Approval in Email
Date:
Dean (of student's major):
Indicate Approval in Email
Date:
Dean retains full copy and distributes first-page copies to student, advisor, and Registrar; full copy to Faculty Sponsor VPAA: 3/2020