Double Credit for a Single-Credit Course

Two course credits for a course normally carrying one course credit may be awarded to a student under the following conditions:

1. Deadline   Permission must be requested by midterm, i.e., October 19, 2012, in the fall term, and March 8, 2013, in the spring term.
2. Petition and approvals   The student's petition must be approved by the instructor of the course, the director of undergraduate studies in the instructor’s department, and the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing. The petition should include a detailed syllabus and an explanation of how the student's proposed work represents at least twice the normal expectations of the course.
3. Distributional requirements   When a petition for double credit is approved for a course that fulfills a distributional requirement, the additional credit may not be applied toward the distributional requirement, although it may be applied toward the 36-course-credit requirement for graduation.
4. Multiple courses   A student may make use of this arrangement rarely, no more than once or twice.