Petition Request Guidelines
SPECIAL NOTE: The use of these petitions is for the CAS department only. They will not work for any other department on campus. You will have to refer to the respective department for their policies and procedures.
The department is only accepting petitions online right now. The turnaround time for decisions is about two weeks.
Please remember for the petition to be complete, you need the correct petition form and a current copy of your TDA.
THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS OF PETITIONS FOR CONSIDERATION OF CAS MAJOR
AND MINOR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
- Course Substitution Petition (MAJOR (MINOR) PDF's
- Course Substitution Petition (MAJOR (MINOR) WORD
- Course Sequence Petition PDF
- Course Sequence Petition WORD
- Course Petition Due to Special Circumstances PDF
- Course Petition Due to Special Circumstances WORD
Each petition requires additional documentation:
- Completed Petition Form *One request per petition submission*
-
CURRENT (no older than 1 week) Titan Degree Audit (TDA)
- Do NOT run a 'WHAT-IF' TDA
- Any other relevant documentation (syllabus/financial statement/employment verification…)
There is one way to submit complete petitions:
- Via Email
Subject Line: Petition Submission
***All petitions submitted through email need to have ONE single doc or pdf file. Please view the videos below for instructions on combining multiple documents into one file.***
- Multiple Word Documents into One Word Document File
***CSUF offers Microsoft Office 365 which comes with Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other Microsoft suite programs. Office 365 is available free of charge to all students, more information and installation instructions.
- Multiple Documents (any format) into One PDF File
(the video references Adobe Acrobat Pro XI but the current version is now Adobe Acrobat Pro DC)
***CSUF offers Adobe Creative Cloud which offers their most popular Adobe software programs including Photoshop, Illustrator and Pro DC. This software subscription is free of charge to all current students, more information and to sign up.