The Lewis College of Business offers the option of Independent Study to selected students who wish to pursue topics that are business-related but not covered in depth in formal Lewis College of Business courses. Each student can obtain a maximum of eight (8) hours of Independent Study credit within the COB, and can earn no more than four (4) hours of such credit in any one semester.

In order to register for Independent Study in a given semester (provided the above hour limits have not been reached), the following conditions must be met:

1. LCOB students with senior standing, fully admitted to their majors, who have 2.5 or higher in overall, Marshall, and major GPA’s.

2. LCOB students with junior standing, fully admitted to their majors, who have 3.0 or higher in overall, Marshall, and major GPA’s.

3. An instructor within the student’s major division must agree to be his/her Project Supervisor. The faculty member’s agreement to serve in this capacity will be contingent upon his/her assessment of the feasibility and quality of the student’s proposed project.

4. Written approval for the project, and written approval for Independent Study registration, must then be obtained from the student’s Division Head. The Division Head’s approval will be contingent upon his/her assessment of the feasibility and quality of the student’s proposed project, in consultation with the student’s proposed supervisor.

If a student is able to meet the above conditions, then he/she will be allowed to register for Independent Study, and will subsequently be bound by the “Procedures for Independent Study Projects” in the Office of the Dean.

Students who register for a Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing internship and are majoring in that field will receive credit toward a Management elective, Management Information Systems elective, or Marketing elective, respectively. Students can only apply credit toward one Management or Marketing elective. For students who take an internship twice, the second three hours will be counted toward free elective hours. They will not apply toward an additional required elective. Students who complete an internship in Accounting, Economics, or Finance will receive credit toward free elective hours.

To be eligible for internship credit, students must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Junior or Senior standing, completion of Pre-Business requirements and full admission to major, and overall GPA of 2.5 or better.

• Transfer students meeting the above criteria are eligible to participate after one semester of coursework at the Lewis College of Business.