| Petitioning the Academic Requirements Committee (ARC) | Students may petition the ARC for exceptions to Academic Regulations. |
| Complying with Academic Regulations | Students are responsible for knowing and complying with the Academic Regulations and deadlines as published in the Schedule of Classes. |
| Suspended Students | Students who are academically suspended are denied all privileges of the institution and any organization in any way connected to it until they are reinstated to the university. Therefore, suspended students may not petition the ARC. |
| Financial consideration | Students whose reason to seek an exception to a regulation is solely to alleviate a financial situation may wish to contact the OSU Business Affairs, 541-737-3775. Academic petitions are not approved to resolve financial concerns. |
Late Course Add During the Term: Considered only if instructor approves the request and verifies that the student:
Late Course Drop During the Term: Late course drops are considered only when the student has convincing evidence to justify why the drop was not done during the drop period.
Late Course Adds and Drops After the End of the Term: In addition to the justifications listed above for adds and drops during the term, convincing reasons must be provided as to why the request was not petitioned during the stated term.
Late Section Changes (Add/Drops): Requests for late changes in sections within the same course are considered only when the instructor and college head advisor approve.
Late Audit: Students may register to audit a course during the second week of the term (days 6-10) only.* Requests to change to or from an audit registration after the end of the second week must be accompanied by convincing evidence that the change could not be done on time.
Late Change of Grading Basis: (A-F to S/U and S/U to A-F) The deadline for changing grading basis is Friday of Week 7.* The following are NOT valid reasons for changing grading basis:
Late Course Withdrawal: A late withdrawal from an individual course is granted only when there are documented reasons, such as family emergencies or illness, as to why a student could not withdraw by the deadline (end of the 7th week*). Poor performance in a course is not a valid reason for a late withdrawal. The student should continue attending class until the ARC reaches a decision.
Withdrawal from the University (refer to Academic Regulation 13):
Withdrawal is permitted through Friday of the 10th week of classes (Dead
Week).* Withdrawal for health or accident emergencies resulting in incomplete
grades is available the last four week of the term.
*Students must provide documentation of the emergency.
Late Withdrawal from the University: Late withdrawal from the university (after the end of Dead Week*) is rarely approved. Decisions are based on a variety of factors including but not limited to attendance/non-attendance, completion/non-completion of finals as verified by the instructor, and documented medical, psychological, or family situations, which prevented completion of the term, and requesting a withdrawal by the stated deadline. Students who have completed the term, and taken finals, are not eligible for late withdrawal from the university.
Signatures: Obtain the following signatures:
College of Agricultural Sciences, 137 Strand Agriculture Hall
College of Business, 214 Bexell Hall
College of Engineering, 151 Batcheller Hall
College of Forestry, 140 Peavy Hall
College of Health and Human Sciences, 116 Milam Hall
College of Liberal Arts, 213 Gilkey Hall
College of Pharmacy, 203 Pharmacy Bldg.
College of Science, 128 Kidder Hall
University Exploratory Studies Program, 539 Snell Hall
University Honor College, 229 Strand Agriculture Hall
*Deadlines for Summer Session differ from the regular terms.
Please see Important Registration and Related Dates in the Summer Session
Schedule of Classes.
ARC Guidelines for students 2 - 11/19/2003
