Retroactive and Late Actions
"Late" is defined as any request for action after an established deadline but prior to the end of the ninth week of a quarter.Students missing the 9th week deadline to drop a class or the 10th week deadline to add a class will need to obtain instructor signature, departmental approval and submit a petition to OGS with the EPC required supporting documentation detailed below:
Retroactive Add or Withdrawal from Course: Requests may be approved only in cases where: (1) the student clearly attempted to add or withdraw from the course by the deadline but technical problems with TritonLink prevented the proper processing of the request; (2) serious personal circumstances (e.g. hospitalization) prevented the student from adding or withdrawing on TritonLink or in person prior to the deadline.
- "Retroactive" is defined as any request for action in the tenth week of the quarter or later.
- Students and Departments should take note that requests for retroactive actions on a course are sent by the Dean of Graduate Studies to the Educational Policy Committee(EPC).
- Retroactive course/grade changes must be listed in Other section of General Petition.
- No grade may be changed after one calendar year from the time the grade was recorded.
- Justification and/or a factual explanation must be given for any grade change request.
- Requests must include all information necessary for posting. This includes: course number, section number, section I.D., grading option, number of units and quarter for each change requested.
- PETITION MUST BE SIGNED BY COURSE INSTRUCTOR AND DEPARTMENT CHAIR.
