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Independent Reading Courses

Students may wish to pursue intensive work with a particular faculty member on a topic of study not offered in a particular academic session. The Faculty of Arts provides for such Independent Reading Courses which are subject to the guidelines of the departments and divisions, and to the following regulations:

• Students may take Independent Reading Courses only after having successfully completed 24 credits in the Faculty of Arts.
• The maximum permissible number of Independent Reading Courses depends on a student's program type. Students in Honours BA programs may take 24 such credits; students in a BA program may take 18 such credits.
• Within their last 30 credits, students may take a maximum of 12 credits in Independent Reading Courses.
• Students may take a maximum of 12 credits of Independent Reading Courses with the same faculty member.
• The student and the faculty member must agree on a written description of the course, its content and its method of evaluation at the time of enrolment in the course, and submit this description for approval according to the requirements of the unit teaching the course. Copies must be deposited with that unit, and the student and faculty member should each retain a copy.