{"id":543,"date":"2021-10-06T16:52:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/independent-study\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:27:59","slug":"independent-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/independent-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Study in Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Modern Languages, Literatures &amp; Cultures Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/language-center\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Modern Language Center<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/departmental-honors\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Departmental Honors<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/internships\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Language Internships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/language-requirement\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Language Requirement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/placement\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Placement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/study-abroad\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Study Abroad<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/faculty-staff\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; 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Assistant, Associate, or full Professor) to be your Instructor<\/li> <li>write in full\u2014yourself, with guidance from the Instructor, in English\u2014a complete syllabus that includes all of the following:<ol> <li>the topic of study<\/li> <li>a detailed description of the plan of study<\/li> <li>justification why you cannot complete these studies in a regular course<\/li> <li>full timeline for completion of work<\/li> <li>how the Independent Study will be evaluated<\/li> <li>bibliography of materials<\/li> <li>reasoning why this Independent Study is important to you<\/li><\/ol><\/li> <li>present the proposed syllabus to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/mllc\/faculty-staff\">MLLC department chair<\/a>, requesting their approval<\/li> <li>if approval is granted, ask our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/mllc\/faculty-staff\">administrative specialist<\/a> for a blue registration card\u2014which is then completed by you (checking the box next to &#8220;Enroll student in a non-published class&#8221; and acquiring all needed signatures)\u2014and turn it in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/registrar\">registrar&#8217;s office<\/a> (JH 180)<\/li><\/ol><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Notes<\/h3><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>Independent Studies count as 300-level credit.\u00a0<em>Chinese and German students, as well as MLLC\/Elementary Education double majors, can request in their proposal that the Independent Study be counted at the 400 level. The student must provide justification and have the recommendation of their Instructor. (Elementary Education majors spend a full year student-teaching, making it difficult for them to complete the 400-level courses offered.)<\/em><\/li> <li>Students can still enroll in an Independent Study after the \u201cLast Day to Add\u201d deadline. In this case, the academic advisor, the MLLC department chair,\u00a0<em><strong>and the dean\u2019s office of the student\u2019s primary major<\/strong><\/em> must all sign and retro-date the registration blue card (before turning it into the registrar\u2019s office).<\/li><\/ol><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Codes<\/h3><figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table ><tbody><tr><td>CN\/FR\/GR\/SP 491<\/td><td>1 credit hour<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CN\/FR\/GR\/SP 492<\/td><td>2 credit hours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CN\/FR\/GR\/SP 493<\/td><td>3 credit hours<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":386,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Independent Study in Language | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/independent-study\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Independent Study in Language | Butler University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/independent-study\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Liberal Arts &amp; 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