INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE
UNIVERSITY-WIDE UNDERGRADUATE PETITION FORM
All petitions must be typed or printed neatly in black ink.
1. Completely fill out the University-Wide Undergraduate Petition Form. Any petition that is missing
information, illegible, unclearly worded, or contains ambiguous information will not be
considered. Such a petition will be returned to the student to be rewritten.
2. In writing your petition request, specify the rule and/or regulation defined by University Policy. In
writing your petition justification, explain why the exception has been requested.
3. Compose and attach a typed letter or personal statement (no longer than one single-spaced page)
explaining your case, your petition request and your justification/grounds of your petition, if
needed, for further explanation. Include a well thought out action plan for academic success, if
applicable.
4. Attach any supporting documentation that will help to explain and justify your petition. If
applicable, include supporting information from faculty members, medical/health care providers,
other persons (please specify), or other evidence documenting the exceptional circumstances that
are the basis of your petition.
5. Before filing this petition, an authorized signature must be obtained.
-Meet with your Academic Advisor regarding this petition and obtain his/her signature. If
the advisor is unavailable, obtain a signature from the Department Chair or Director of Student
Services from your college.
- The Student Services offices are: Arts and Sciences: 106 Kinard, 323-2183; Business
Administration: 226 Thurmond, 323-4833; Education: 144 Withers, 323-4750; Visual and
Performing Arts: 126 McLaurin, 323-2465.
6. Return the completed petition to the Office of Records and Registration in 126 Tillman Hall. The
University-Wide Undergraduate Petitions Committee will act on the petition at its next regularly
scheduled meeting. The Office of Records and Registration will notify the student of the
committee’s decision. FOR INFORMATION ON MEETING DATES, VISIT THE REGISTRATION
CALENDAR AT
http://www.winthrop.edu/recandreg/default.aspx?id=5052 OR CONTACT THE OFFICE
OF RECORDS AND REGISTRATION AT 803-323-2194.