Students may take independent study classes or independent projects when time, circumstance, and student and teacher workloads provide for them. There is no guarantee that a course or project will be allowed simply because a student wishes to take one. Requests for independent study should be referred by the teacher or the student who wishes to take the independent study or course to the Department Chair and then to the Assistant Head of School and the Department Heads, who serve as the curriculum committee. A rationale for the study, a syllabus, a statement of scope and sequence, and an outline for assessment and evaluation should be provided. The student's advisor, as in the yearly selection of courses, must also approve. The Department Heads will decide if the course/study will be taught and if it should be awarded credit by the school. Department Heads and the Assistant Head of School will have responsibility for the monitoring of the effectiveness of the independent study programs.