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what does it mean
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In academic circles, I believe it usually means a project in higher education where you are expected to submit something which represents a new, or at least personal, body of work on a subject. The raw data is from your own research. That does not necessarily mean you have to instigate and set-up experiments yourself. It could be that you are analyzing existing data in a new way, looking to 'drive out' some previously unexplored correlation or conclusion? Or perhaps sourcing data from previously unexplored sources, which you believe may have significance? Or it might be actual, physical lab/testing work. Depends on the particular 'subject' of the 'special study'? The real difference between this and structured formal studies, is there are not specimen assignment templates, or written formal exams with correct answers, which your stuff is judged against. Like, pass or fail. Personally, I did many years of the formal, graded stuff. Then for my Honours Project, the special study/research thing was the brief. You set your objective, get it approved as representing a fair amount of work, then develop it. Handing in your findings and giving a presentation to finish. That's quite often the way on many academic pathways. So, something that's 'yours' and 'new' sums it up, rather than passing pre-set tests.
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It means just what it says. In school there are required subjects for any degree and then there are subjects that you might take that are of interest or associated with the course you are studying for. An example would be if you were an English major. There might be a an interest in the Old English that you have and you take courses in that as well. This would be and area of special study and interest.
It is also possible to do research work in that same area and possibly publish a paper. Students who are studying science and medicine are constantly in the labs doing research for and with their professors. They are the ones that are finding new medicines and new cures.
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