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 their timely progress toward the degree. This petition must be turned in to the Registrar no later than Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
- For the graduating Classes of 2024 or 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 Interim 2021 and/or Interim 2022 impeded their timely progress toward the degree. The Registrar will consult with department chairs and/or program directors before waiving any major/concentration requirement apart from the limits on S/U grades from spring 2020. This petition must be turned in to the Registrar no later than the last day of classes during the spring semester of 2024 or 2025, respectively.
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.
Summary of All Possible Petitions
| Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | Class of 2024 | Class of 2025 | |
| Reasoning Related to Spring 2020 | see table below | see table below | n/a | n/a |
| Reasoning Related to Fall 2020 | see table below | see table below | reduction to 33 total credits only | n/a |
| Reasoning Related to Interim 2021 | see table below | see table below | see table below | n/a |
| Reasoning Related to Interim 2022 | see table below | see table below | see table below | see table below |
| Overall Degree Requirements | Adjustments Available by Petition |
| 6 credits graded C or above in the major | C- or S grades allowed |
| 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 interims/1 must be taken as a first-year student | 2 |
| BA/BM general education/OLE Core | based on petition |