Petitions for Adjustments to Degree Requirements

    Emergency Academic Committee Information
    (for students graduating in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

     

    Spring 2020 Emergency Academic Committee Calendar and Grading Information (added 3-30-20)

    Spring 2020 Emergency Academic Committee Updates (added 4-13-20)

    Spring 2020 Grading Deadlines Update (added 5-7-20)

    Calendar and Grading Information (added 6-11-20)

    EAC Updates – Fall 2020 (added 7-22-20)

    EAC Updates With Reminders–Fall 2020 (added 8-20-20)

     

    Additional Information for Students Graduating in 2022-2025

    The Curriculum  Committee approved the following resolutions on March 17, 2022:

    • Students in the Class of 2024 seeking Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees may petition the Registrar to reduce the minimum total credits required for graduation from 35 credits to a minimum of 33 credits. Students seeking a waiver must submit with their request a brief explanation of the reasons that the circumstances of Fall 2020 impeded or may impede their timely progress toward the degree. This petition must be turned in to the Registrar no later than Tuesday, May 16, 2024.
    • For the graduating Classes of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, the Registrar has the authority, while adhering to the minimum Minnesota State standards, to make adjustments to overall degree requirements including credit limits, General Education/OLE Core requirements, and Major/Concentration requirements. Students seeking a waiver must submit with their request a brief explanation of the reasons that the circumstances of January Term 2021 and/or January Term 2022 impeded or may impede their timely progress toward the degree. This petition must be turned in to the Registrar no later than Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for the Class of 2022 and Tuesday, May 16, 2023 for the Class of 2023. For the classes of 2024 and 2025, the deadline to submit the petition is the last day of classes during the spring semester of 2024 or 2025, respectively.

     

    Overall Degree Requirements Adjustments Available by Petition
    6 credits graded C or above in the major C- and above/S
    35 total credits 33
    18 upper-level credits 16
    24 graded credits (cannot be P/F or S/U) waive
    6 credits maximum taken S/U waive
    3 January Ts/1 must be taken as a first-year student 2
    BA/BM GEs/OLE Core based on petition

    Summary of All Possible Petitions

    Class of 2022 Class of 2023 Class of 2024 Class of 2025
    Reasoning Related to Spring 2020 see table above see table above n/a n/a
    Reasoning Related to Fall 2020 see table above see table above reduction to 33 total credits n/a
    Reasoning Related to January Term 2021 see table above see table above see table above n/a
    Reasoning Related to January Term 2022 see table above see table above see table above see table above

     

    To submit a petition to the Registrar, email registrar@stolaf.edu with your request and explanation of how the events during the appropriate term outlined above impacted your degree completion plans.  If you are asking for anything other than a reduction in overall credits, please include email support from your advisor.