1-3 credit hours
Graduate programs may offer special research or investigative projects beyond the regular catalog offering. Significant responsibility lies with the student to work independently to develop a proposal for study that must be approved by a faculty mentor and the appropriate program director. The faculty member will provide counsel through the study and will evaluate the student’s performance. Students must register for research (course number 691) to receive credit and are required to fill out a Permission to Register for Special Coursework form. No more than 3 hours of research are applicable toward a graduate degree. Each hour of research credit requires 12.5 hours of documented work. Research is available to degree-seeking students only.