Forms/Instructions: Petitions
Course substitutions will be considered on a limited basis only for the following students:
- Seniors who may not have time to take the appropriate course before graduation
- Junior transfer students who may be behind in satisfying General Education and major requirements and have taken courses elsewhere that seem to meet the spirit of the General Education requirements.
First-year students, sophomores, and juniors are expected to plan ahead and finish their requirements without substitutions. Any student petitioning to substitute a course to meet a General Education requirement at UNC-CH must apply in writing to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Curricula; petitions sent by email cannot be reviewed. Petitions can only request that a course not currently meeting some General Education requirement be allowed to do so. Requests to substitute credits gained By Examination (BE credits) or through life experiences that do not carry academic credit cannot be honored. All applications must be typed or word-processed and must include the following information and supporting materials:
- Personal Information:
- Student’s name
- PID number
- Class standing and Major
- Cumulative Grade Point Average
- Local mailing address
- Telephone number
- E-mail address
- A clear and concise statement outlining the substitution requested
- A copy of the syllabus (required) for the course that the student proposes as a substitute
- A thorough justification for the substitution requested and appropriate evidentiary materials supporting the student's request. A photocopy of the catalogue course description, exams, papers, etc.
- Student’s signature, with date of signing
The Associate Dean for Undergraduate Curricula normally will make a recommendation regarding a petition within 15 working days and will notify students by mail (or email if the student is out of the country).
PETITIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
Erika Lindemann, Interim Associate Dean
Office of Undergraduate Curricula
College of Arts and Sciences
CB# 3504, 3018 Steele Building
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3504
PLEASE NOTE: If you have questions about transfer credit, or believe that you should receive credit for a different course, bring your supporting materials to the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the department in which the course is taught.