POLICY
Faculty may negotiate contracts for independent
study with students who are in good standing under the following conditions:
·
Faculty
may negotiate Independent Study contracts only for courses normally taught at
the College but not offered at that campus during the term in which the
contract would be executed.
·
Instructors
must have written authorization from the Department Chair before negotiating
the Independent Study contract with the student.
·
The
Independent Study contract must be signed by the faculty member, the student,
and the Department Chair.
·
The
Department Chair will keep a signed copy of each Independent Study contract on
file.
With the approval of the Department Chair, an
instructor who negotiates Independent Study contracts has three options for
compensation: (1) after completing ten contracts, the faculty member may elect
to receive reassigned time equivalent to the number of workload units divided
by ten, rounded up to the next whole number; (2) the faculty member may receive
prorated pay at the completion of each individual contract (i.e., 10% of the
designated adjunct pay per contract); or (3) the faculty member may accumulate
ten contracts for one payment of 100% of the designated adjunct rate.
Approved by Academic Affairs
Policy Council: October 29, 2002
Approved by College Advisory
Board: February 26,
2003