/Institutions/Halifax-Community-College/json/2025-2026/Academic-Catalog-local.json

/Institutions/Halifax-Community-College/json/2025-2026/Academic-Catalog.json

Guided Independent Study

Guided Independent Study (GIS) courses may be approved on a limited basis. Students must have a minimum CGPA of 2.0 to qualify for a GIS course. Not all courses are suitable for a GIS. The instructor, the student’s advisor and the vice president of academic and student affairs must determine if the GIS approach is feasible in each case.

 

After a student is registered for an independent study class, he/she must arrange a study time with the instructor of the independent study class. The instructor individually schedules each meeting time with each student for the equivalent number of hours registered for GIS as listed in the course description. GIS contract forms are available in the offices of academic chairpersons and the vice president of academic and student affairs.