{"id":539,"date":"2012-07-17T07:56:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/ssais\/liberalstudies\/independent\/"},"modified":"2014-12-12T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T17:16:32","slug":"independent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/liberalstudies\/independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing an Independent Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatImg alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #BFBFBF;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/02\/539-0.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"160\" \/>The Liberal Studies major requires the completion of an independent study. An independent study is a four-credit course that is focused on original scholarly research. 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