Academic Affairs

Academic Appeals can be filed by undergraduate students to seek waiver of a graduation or liberal studies requirement, retroactively withdraw from a course (after the withdraw deadline has passed), and other similar situations. Students can pick up the Academic Appeal form in the Office of Academic Affairs, Owens 206.  Students complete the appeal form, obtain their faculty advisor's statement and signature (if applicable) and return it to the Academic Affairs office.  The Committee on Academic Appeals reviews the appeal and approves or denies the appeal.  Students who are not satisfied with the decision of the Academic Appeals Committee may appeal to the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, whose decision is final.

When filing an appeal to substitute a course taken at another campus, the course description and syllabus from that course should be attached to the appeal form.

When filing an appeal to retroactively withdraw from a course, students must explain why they missed the deadline, and they must include additional documentation which is appropriate to the circumstances of the individual appeal (for example, a physician or psychiatrist's statement, a note from a parent or guardian verifying information, etc.).  Appeals to retroactively withdraw from a class are not put on the agenda until the Instructor of the course returns an information sheet regarding the student's attendance and performance in the class.

Appeals relative to major or minor course requirements are handled by academic departments.

The Academic Appeals Committee meets approximately every two weeks during the school year, and at least monthly during the summer.