Petition Guidelines

Petitions are for requesting relief or waiver from a UNLV policy or a UNLV requirement. It is your responsibility to provide a clear and concise statement of your request and to provide all relevant documentation you wish the committee to review. You are responsible for filing the petition with the Faculty Senate Office (FDH 220) in a timely fashion or by the established deadlines.

For those seeking a refund, it is your responsibility to file a petition and provide documentation to the Bursar's Office.
Petitions for withdrawal from a course after the drop date are not completed until they are approved by the Faculty Senate Academic Standards Committee. You are still responsible for the course and will be assigned a grade.
Petitions for reinstatement after university suspension must include a one-year study plan signed by you and your advisor.
The Faculty Senate Office must receive grade grievances by the end of the second week of instruction in the semester (Fall/Spring) following that in which the grade was given. Student Enrollment Services must receive notification to change a grade due to a clerical error within sixty calendar days from the last day of the term/semester.
For those seeking a waiver of a general education requirement, petitions must be filed two semesters before the proposed date of graduation.
Read the UNLV Undergraduate Catalog for the policy on repeating a course.

Located on the back of the petition are instructions on how to complete your petition. To expedite the process, submit all relevant documentation with your petition. Examples include the following: medical documentation on professional letterhead; work verification on professional letterhead; police report; death certificate; letters from professors on UNLV letterhead, or emails sent directly to the Faculty Senate Office, indicating the last date of attendance and grade, or non- attendance; payment history from the Bursar's Office; enrollment history from the Distance Education Office; study plan; transcripts (other than UNLV); or course description. Make a copy of your petition and documentation for your records. All documents shall remain the property of the Faculty Senate Office.

Signatures on the petition, such as your department advisor, department chair, and dean, are advisory to the committee and do not constitute an automatic approval of your petition. Those students who are out of the area/out of state or who are not physically taking a course(s) on the UNLV campus should contact the appropriate college's advising center. You may obtain a petition form by visiting the UNLV Home page under Faculty Senate. Advisors, departments, and colleges have various methods for processing petitions. Contact them for their policies and procedures.

Your petition will not be heard by a committee until all the requested documentation has been received. It is your responsibility to ensure your petition and all requested documents are received by the Faculty Senate Office. The academic petition process usually takes five to eight weeks after receiving the completed petition and all requested documents. The decision will be mailed to your home address. Notify the Faculty Senate Office if you have a change in address or telephone number.

The Faculty Senate Academic Standards, the Faculty Senate Admissions, and the Faculty Senate General Education Committees are composed of students and faculty members. Each petition is reviewed individually and the decision will be based on the merits and the documentation provided to the committee.