independent study

noun

: a course of study done by a student without an instructor or with help from an instructor but not as part of an organized class

She is doing an independent study in Art History this semester.

Examples of independent study in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The total economic benefit of the 2021-22 cohort was estimated to be £41.9 billion ($53.5 billion), according to an independent study. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 17 Aug. 2024 Gallego, a high school senior in an independent study program at the time, had last been seen by her parents the night of April 19. —

Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 19 July 2024 Hampshire is an educational experiment—independent study and no grades—where students are sometimes described as underachievers. —

Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019 Philanthropic donors are funding an independent study of the program and its effects by the University of Pennsylvania, which hasn’t yet begun, Schiraldi said. —

Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for independent study

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