[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR21.128]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 21--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Vocational Rehabilitation Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31
 
Sec. 21.128  Independent study course.

    A veteran may pursue a course by independent study under the 
following conditions:
    (a) College level. The course is offered by a college or university.
    (b) College degree. The course leads to or is fully creditable 
towards a standard college degree.
    (c) Course content. The course consists of a prescribed program of 
study with provision for interaction between the student and regularly 
employed faculty of the university or college by mail, telephone, 
personally, or class attendance.
    (d) School responsibility. The university or college:
    (1) Evaluates the course in semester or quarter hours or the 
equivalent; and
    (2) Prescribes a period for completion.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(7))