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College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 606
November 1, 2001
(amended)
2000-2001
Recommendation of the L&S Academic Policies and Appeals Committee for Approval of a Policy on Appeal for Waivers of Degree Requirements
Recommendation:
That the Faculty adopt a policy statement on appeals for waivers of degree requirements as specified below.
ACTIONS ON APPEALS CONCERNING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The following actions will be taken in response to requests for waivers or substitutions of L&S degree requirements:
- English Writing Requirement, 1998 L&S degree requirements (formerly English Composition Requirement, 1989 L&S degree requirements)
No waivers or substitutions of this requirement are permitted.
- Mathematics and Formal Reasoning Requirement, 1998 L&S degree requirements (formerly Mathematics Requirement, 1989 L&S degree requirements)
No waivers or substitutions of this requirement are permitted.
- Special Requirement and Distribution Requirement, 1989 L&S degree requirements
Minor alterations may be granted, under extraordinary circumstances, by the Letters and Science Academic Policies and Appeals Committee or its agent, the Assistant Dean for L&S Student Academic Services.
- Seminar Requirement, Language Requirement, International Requirement, and Distribution Requirement, 1998 L&S degree requirements
Minor alterations may be granted, under extraordinary circumstances, by the Letters and Science Academic Policies and Appeals Committee or its agent, the Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Rationale:
To ensure consistency in responding to student appeals for waivers of degree requirements, the College needs to enact a policy clarifying the essential nature of its requirements and identifying any possibilities for alterations in those requirements.
The Committee determined that all requirements of the L&S degree are fundamental to its program in some sense of the term. A degree requirement can be fundamental in one
of two senses:
- first, it may require the acquisition of a skill that is needed for a wide range of further course work;
- second, it may be fundamental in the sense that the faculty of the College deemed it significant enough to require it of all students.
No alterations in requirements that are fundamental in the first sense will be considered.
Minor alterations will be considered for requirements that are fundamental only in the second sense of the term.
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