PETITION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
FOR AN EXCEPTION TO AN ACADEMIC REGULATION
Please refer to the guidelines and procedures on line at
http://www.smith.edu/classdeans/InformationaboutpetitionstotheAdministrativeBoard.php
Incomplete forms will be returned.
NAME
CLASS
CAMPUS BOX#
ID#
PHONE#
ADVISER
BANNER
CRN(S)
Request
COURSE(S)
(Dept. & #)
To enroll in a course after the deadline
To change the level of a course from
to
To enter a year-long course at midyear
with credit for the spring semester
with credit upon completion of a full year
*To enroll in two courses with a time conflict (list the courses and
specify the exact time conflict listing all times for courses in
conflict and explain what will be missed – attach explanation
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*To enter a special studies before the sophomore year
*To enter a seminar before the junior year
Other:
Required: Attach an explanation for your petition to the Administrative Board.
Student Signature ________________________________________________
Date _________________________
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------For instructor, adviser and *Department Chair: (Please check one)
Explanation for/against endorsement: (Please attach additional sheet if necessary.)
Instructor ________________________________________________________________
Print name
Signature
Date _______
Endorse 
Do not endorse 
Adviser _________________________________________________________________
Print name
Signature
Date _______
Endorse 
Do not endorse 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------*Department Chair_________________________________________________________
Date _______
Endorse 
Print name
Signature
Do not endorse 
*(Dept. Chair signature is required for seminars, special studies, year-long course and time conflicts.)
____________________________DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE__________________________________________
Action taken by the Administrative Board:
APPROVE
DENIED
Class Dean_____________________________________________________
4/2014
FEE
Date ______________
NO FEE
INFORMATION ABOUT PETITIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
Students may petition the Administrative Board for an exception to an academic regulation. Petitions
must be completed and submitted to the Class Dean for presentation to the Board. The Board
reviews petitions every Tuesday.
Petition deadline is Fridays at noon (for consideration on following Tuesday).
Petition Procedures
Complete the student information section (please type or write in ink).
• Check the appropriate box next to your request.
• Provide the course reference number (CRN) and the department and number (COURSE).
• Write a brief reason for your request.
• Sign and date the petition.
• Obtain signatures from the appropriate faculty members:
o Your adviser must sign all petitions.
o The instructor must sign petitions dealing with specific courses.
o Petitions involving a year-long course, seminar or special studies must also be signed
by the Department Chair.
• Submit the petition to your Class Dean, who will present your petition to the Administrative
Board.
Petitions with incomplete information and/or without appropriate signatures will be returned.
Once the petition is reviewed, you will receive notification of the action taken through campus mail or
by e-mail.
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• There is a $35 fine for filing late registrations. In addition, any approved petition to add a
course or drop a course after the deadline is subject to a registration fine of $35.
• Any fine assessed will be contributed to the Smith College Scholarship Fund.
Additional Information needed for the following requests:
To enroll in/withdraw from a course after the deadline:
• Explain the reason you are requesting to do this after the deadline.
• Have you been attending the course on a regular basis? Have you ever attended the course?
To enroll in two courses with a time conflict:
List all meeting times for courses in conflict.
• Explain how much of each course you will miss and how you will make up the time/course
work.
• Explain if the instructor will need to do additional preparation.
• Obtain signature of the instructor of the course you will be missing; if you will miss part of both
courses, then you need the signatures of both instructors.
To enter a specialstudies before the sophomore year:
• Explain the reason you need to enroll in the course before the sophomore year.
• Obtain signatures of instructor, Adviser and Department Chair.
To enter a seminar before the junior year:
• Explain the reason you need to enroll in the course before the junior year.
• Obtain signatures of instructor, Adviser and Department Chair.
Foreign Languages: To receive credit for most introductory language course taken during the fall, a
student must complete the full year (2 semesters).