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Directed Study Guidelines


Directed Study Forms      Directed Study Proposals are due during the Early Registration Period


PRWR 7950: MAPW Directed Study (Repeatable once)

3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director, PRWR 6000, and a graduate course in the field of the directed study.

An intensive, advanced investigation of selected topics deriving from individual course of study. The content will be determined jointly by the instructor, the student, and the student's advisor. The proposed course of study must be submitted to the Graduate Director by a deadline published each term for MAPW Committee approval.

NOTE: Students who wish to take part in a directed study must write a proposal which they submitted to Terri Brennen during the Early Registration Period. Once she has the proposal, she routes it to the Registrar who will program the course and email the student its CRN (computer registration number) so they can register.


The MAPW Directed Study Criteria:

  • the content in the directed study may not substantially overlap an existing course in the MAPW curriculum;
  • because the directed study is an "advanced" course, the student must demonstrate how it relates to his or her previous course work in the MAPW program;
  • because it carries three hours of graduate credit, the content and writing and reading requirements of the directed study must be equivalent to those of other courses in the MAPW curriculum; and
  • the directed study may not be undertaken for thesis or portfolio preparation per se.

Proposal Content:

The proposal should look like a course syllabus and must include the following:

  1. identifying information: student's name, course and number, semester hours credit, KSU instructor, and a descriptive title, which will appear on the transcript;
  2. reading list with complete bibliographic information for each title;
  3. detailed description of the course;
  4. objectives, rationale, and justification for the course (in addition to a list of specific writing and reading objectives) that explain how the directed study relates to the student's previous course work, fits into the student's MAPW program of study, and extends it;
  5. detailed weekly schedule of activities, readings, projects, and writing assignments; and
  6. basis for evaluation and final grade determination of a quality that matches the typical MAPW course.