Independent Study
One of the smartest things you can do while you are a student at UW Tacoma is independent study. Employers and graduate schools like to see this experience in your college education because it prepares you for the world in ways that the classroom experience does not. Independent work develops your initiative, responsibility, and creativity. It shows you have the qualities to work on projects, unmonitored, and you take pride in your work.
Independent study offers students the opportunity to work one-to-one with faculty in an area of shared scholarship. It is your responsibility to approach the faculty with an idea for independent study. Independent study experiences are not designed to simply "provide extra credit." Business students may earn a maximum of 15 independent study credits at UW Tacoma.
Internships may account for 10 of these credits. Both the Career Center personnel, the internship faculty leader and a Business School academic adviser can offer advice on finding internships and other independent study opportunities. Consider it to be the first leg of your learning experience-tracking down and landing an internship!
Types of Independent Study
Internships
Internships provide students opportunities to participate in on-the-job educational experiences in a work environment. In an internship, a site supervisor offers additional mentoring. For additional information on internships, please visit our internship page.
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Research experiences offer the opportunity for in-depth research on a topic. Students will work on their own research topics or help faculty with on-going projects.
- Students must coordinate with a faculty member to fill out the required paperwork.
- The completed forms must be submitted to the Business School office in Dougan 401 no later than the first day of the quarter. Paperwork submitted after the first day will not be accepted.
- Once the paperwork is reviewed, an adviser will e-mail an add code.
