Timeline for Fall
2018 Petition Course Signup & Registration
Student Petition
Course Request Period – Saturday, May 12th – Tuesday, May 15th
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Students log into https://webadvising.union.edu starting at 5:00 p.m. on May 12th to
request their petition courses (as designated by the “Y” in the petition column
on the course schedule.)
Academic
Department Petition Decision Period – Wednesday, May 16th – Monday, May
21st
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Instructors review the signup information and
select students based on major, GPA, prerequisites, reason for wanting course, etc.
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Approved students are changed by the department to
“Faculty Accepted.”
Students not accepted are
changed to “Denied Request” or “Waitlisted” depending on their placement by
the department.
Student Petition Acceptance
Period – Tuesday, May 22nd
–Thursday,
May 24th
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Students log into Webadvising to view the status
of their petition requests. They change
the ones that are marked “Faculty Approved” to “Student Accepted.”
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If you are “Faculty Approved” for a
course that you have no intention of registering for, PLEASE change the status to “Not needed by Student” so
another student may take the course.
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Students still need to register for the course online once
their appointment time comes.
Please note: “Student Accepted” is the only
status that will allow you to register for the course
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If students do not register for a petition
course that they accept, the department, at
their discretion, may give their
space to another student on the waitlist after the conclusion of prescheduling appointments.
On Friday, May 4th, students can look up their
registration appointment time and day on Webadvising under the “My Registration Restrictions”
link on Webadvising. Registration appointments for
on-campus students commence on Monday, May 28th.
Term abroad students will register according to their specific time/day listed
on Webadvising.
Your adviser will remove your web advising hold
electronically after meeting with you to discuss your fall course
selections. (Students on a term
abroad should email their adviser about their fall choices.)
Students also need to check “My Registration
Restrictions” to see if they have any other holds (financial, health, failure
to declare a major, etc.) on their account. Students will not be allowed to
preschedule if they have holds on their account although they will be allowed
to participate in the petition process.
Computers will be
available at the Registrar’s Office, First Floor of Silliman Hall, if
students need assistance with any aspect of web registration.
Web registration will remain open through Sunday, July 8th in
order for students to make adjustments to their Fall schedule online.
The registration
function on Webadvising will reopen for students to make changes beginning the
first day of classes, Wednesday,
September 5th. Changes can also
be made in
person at the