The amount of credit a student receives for an independent study is approved by the overseeing faculty member, determined by the number of hours the student is expected to work on the independent study and what is approved by the faculty.

• 0 hours: Student will do about 1 hour of work per week (or they are only working for part of the semester). Students may do this if they do not need the credit hours, but would like to have an official Independent Study on their transcript and a formalized experience. Some students may opt for 0 credits, even if they are working more as it may put them over the maximum number of hours, or they may wish to pay less tuition (if during the summer or they are part-time).
• 1 hour: 2-3 hours of work per week
• 2 hours: 4-5 hours of work per week
• 3 hours: 6-7 hours per week
• More than 3 hours, please make sure you have a plan in place where the student will work the corresponding number of hours

Everything is pretty much doubled based on the expected number of hours the student would be working each week throughout the semester. Typically, students will not do more than 3 hours, but it could be possible if they were doing additional work (specifically for the 399).