Under faculty supervision, a student may be permitted to undertake the following: several short writing assignments in a program of independent study, the nature of the work to be agreed upon between the faculty supervisor and the student; a significant written project which, if satisfactorily completed, may fulfil the Substantial Term Paper Requirement (NOTE that this option is made available primarily for those students who wish to do research in a subject area for which no course is available); or a program of individualized study, the nature of the work to be agreed upon between the faculty supervisor and the student which may involve the writing of a paper or any other work (such as clinical work or involvement in test case litigation) that the supervisor agrees is appropriate. Students require prior approval of the faculty member for any individual supervised project. A student may enrol in one Individual Supervised Project per term, for a maximum of four over the course of upper year study. The student must submit to the Manager, Academic Programs, a completed Approval Form for Supervised Projects and Competitive Moot signed by both the student and faculty supervisor. This approval form is available from the Student Services Office and online at http://law.queensu.ca/students/jdProgram/studentForms/supervisedProjects.html. An Individual Supervised Project is normally weighted at 2 credits (or with permission of the instructor may be 3 to 6 credits and spread over one or two terms). Course numbers for Individual Supervised Projects vary with the number of credits assigned to the project and with the number of projects completed at the same credit level. Course numbers for the Individual Supervised Project are assigned as follows: LAW-474, 2 credits; students registering in a second, third or fourth Individual Supervised Project weighted at 2 credits will register in LAW-475, LAW-476, or LAW-477, respectively. LAW-478, 3 credits; students registering in a second, third or fourth Individual Supervised Project weighted at 3 credits will register in LAW-479, LAW-480, or LAW-481, respectively. LAW-482, 4 credits; students registering in a second, third or fourth Individual Supervised Project weighted at 4 credits will register in LAW-483, LAW-484, or LAW-485, respectively. LAW-486, 5 credits; students registering in a second, third or fourth Individual Supervised Project weighted at 5 credits will register in LAW-487, LAW-488, or LAW-489, respectively. LAW-490, 6 credits; students registering in a second, third or fourth Individual Supervised Project weighted at 6 credits will register in LAW-491, LAW-492, or LAW-493, respectively.
