Independent Study
Independent Study: Providing Self-Starters With Flexibility, and Providing Your Department With Funding
Weber State’s online independent study programs provide self-motivated students with enhanced flexibility. Students complete all their coursework online over a six-month time frame with one deadline at the end.
The flexibility we can offer students through independent study depends on partnerships between the Division of Online & Continuing Education and departments like yours.
Benefits
For Your Students
Some students’ lives just don’t fit a regular higher education format. Independent study enables them to seek a degree outside of the traditional class environment.
Students can take up to six months or finish courses much more quickly than in a standard semester.
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For Your Department
Developing general education independent study courses will earn up to $3,000 per course for your department.
Independent study instructors can teach from on campus, at home, or even abroad within that six-month timeframe (provided they don’t have other campus obligations).
Instructors can learn the best distance-learning practices from experienced, highly educated instructional designers.
³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø better fulfills its mission as an open-enrollment institution, meeting students where they are in their educational experience and helping them succeed.