Spring 2014 Petition Course Signup on WebAdvising

If a course is a “petition” course (indicated by a “Y” in the Petition column on the course listing), interested students must request a petition online.

Petition Request Days: Saturday, February 15th – Tuesday, February 18th

Login to https://webadvising.union.edu and access the student menu.

• Select the “Petition Course Management” option from the registration section.
• Select the 14/SP term and click on Submit.
• On the next screen, your current major will be displayed. If it is not correct or you are planning on changing your major this term, please put that information in the box labeled “Anticipated Change of Major.” Filling in this box does NOT change your major with the Registrar’s Office. You still need to fill out and submit the appropriate form.
• If you are requesting more than one course from a single department and are accepted into more than one, please indicate how many you plan on registering for in the appropriate area on the page.
• In the area marked “New Petitions,” enter the subject, course and section numbers in the appropriate boxes. Only courses that are by petition can be requested on this screen. You will receive an error message if you try to add a non-petition course.
• In the “Request Status” box, click on the drop down menu and rate your choice (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd etc.) for each course entered within the same department.

In the area marked “Why do you want or need this course,” please add any comments that will assist the department in determining your eligibility for the course. Click “Submit” at the bottom of the page to complete your petition course requests.

PLEASE NOTE: For the following petition courses that fulfill the Core Curriculum SCLB requirement, be sure to rate your preference among this group if you request more than one:

AST-050, BIO-210, CHM-101, ENS-100, GEO-117, GEO-120, PSY-210, PSY-211

In the area marked “Why do you need or want this course,” please indicate if you need it for 1) SCLB credit 2) your major or 3) your minor. If you petition for more than one SCLB course, please rate your choice among this group, e.g. 1^st Choice SCLB, 2^nd choice SCLB, etc.

For the following petition courses that fulfill the SET requirement, be sure to rate your preference among this group if you request more than one:

BIO-094, BIO-110, BIO-201, CSC-104, CSC-109, ENS-201, GEO-109, MER-101

In the area marked “Why do you need or want this course,” please indicate if you need it for 1) SET credit 2) your major or 3) your minor. If you petition for more than one SET course, please rate your choice among this group, e.g. 1^st choice SET, 2^nd choice SET, etc.

Note: You can add or delete petitions through Tuesday, February 18th. After that date, you will have to contact the department administrative assistant directly if you need to modify your requests.

Petition Acceptance Days – Tuesday, February 25^th - Wednesday, February 26th

Log back in to https://webadvising.union.edu and select “Petition Course Management” to view the status of your petition requests. If you are approved for a petition, the status of “Faculty Approved” will appear to the right of the course.

Change the status from “Faculty Approved” to “Accepted by Student.”

REMINDER: Changing the status does not automatically register you for the course. YOU STILL NEED TO REGISTER FOR THE COURSE ON WEBADVISING during your allotted time.

Petitions that have not been approved will have a status of “Waitlisted” or “Denied.” If you have any questions about these, you need to contact the academic department directly.

If you are approved for a petition that you no longer need, please change the status to “NOT NEEDED.” Online petitions may be invalidated after Monday, March 10th, if you fail to register for the course. After that date, departments may start going to their waitlist.

If you run into any problems signing up for petition courses, please contact the administrative assistant within the specific department or the Registrar’s Office.