How can I set up an independent study (ENGL 499, 492, 493)?

ENGL 499, 492: Independent Study, or Advanced Expository Writing Conference: Approach the faculty member with whom you'd like to work and ask for permission to study independently with him/her. You should have a specific academic project in mind, and it should be one that cannot be completed in a regularly-offered English course. It is best to approach faculty who know you; they are more likely to agree to work with you, being familiar with your work and your academic capacities.

It is also best to approach a faculty member whose own academic interests relate to your project (e.g. , if you're interested in researching and writing about a particular Shakespeare play, approach someone who teaches Shakespeare or who specializes in Elizabethan or Renaissance literature). For a list of English faculty with their academic interests, click here. All regular faculty members and acting instructors can supervise independent studies; TAs cannot.

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