Petition Instructions for Advisors
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Last Updated: Apr 08, 2025, 03:02 PM
Please provide the following information when submitting your DegreeWorks Petition:
- Are you requesting an Also Allow, Substitution, Apply Here, Remove/Change Limit or Force Complete?
- Also Allow will add the course as an option to a list of courses. The course may still be removed or re-assigned by the auditing algorithm in some cases, so this is not recommended for Elective rules with a robust course selection or high credit count.
- Substitution will replace one course with another course.
- Apply Here will apply a course to a rule regardless of scribe or qualifiers. This is a more powerful exception type than Also Allow and is recommended for the sort of Elective rules mentioned above.
- Remove/Change Course Limit will allow the removal of a course and/or change the number of credits required (Must have valid support.)
- Force Complete will force a rule to be complete regardless of qualifiers. This is typically reserved for non-credit bearing requirements such as Minimum Major GPAs, required Minor declarations, and Residency requirements.
- What course is being added in the Also Allow or what course(s) is being Substituted; or what is the reason something is being Force Complete?
- What block does this need to apply to? i.e. Degree, UCC, Major, Specialization, Minor, etc.
- What rule does this need to apply to? i.e. Social Science, College Physics, Advisor Approved Electives, etc.
- First/Last name of the person in your department approving the petition if major specific (UCC will be reviewed by the Registrar's Office), as well as any applicable notes.