Petition to Change Scheduled Rotations, Electives or Vacations

  • Last Modified: Jan 17, 2025
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  • Responsible Office(s): Council on Curriculum

Policy Statement

Criteria for Petitions

The request must be submitted to the Council on Curriculum on a Petition to Change Curriculum form.

Student petitions requesting changes to curriculum must be submitted prior to the first calendar day of the block prior to the start date of the rotation or elective. Exceptions to this policy will be made only in the following instances:

  • An elective that is cancelled, that was previously confirmed by the institution.
  • A request to change curriculum that is based on an academic need that was not identified until after the one block deadline (e.g., Student drops a course due to academic reasons and needs to change curriculum for the next block).
  • A situation that is deemed an emergency by the Associate Dean of Curriculum.

The change requested must not affect the minimum or maximum required numbers for the rotation/elective.

The change requested must not compromise established curriculum policies.

Any petition placed on the Council on Curriculum agenda will be subject to final approval/denial by the Coordinating Council.

Process for Petitioning

  1. See your Education Team Coordinator to obtain a petition form.
  2. Complete the form with your request; obtain your Docent’s signature and return the form to your Education Team Coordinator.
  3. Have your ETC sign the petition.
  4. Your ETC will forward the petition to the Council on Curriculum.
  5. The Council on Curriculum will note thereceived date as the date the completed petition is received in the Curriculum office.
  6. The petition will be executively approved or denied by the Associate Dean of Curriculum, and the student’s ETC will be notified.
  7. The petition will be placed on the consent agenda for the next meeting of the Council on Curriculum.

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