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Making Exceptions to Curricular Requirements

Making Exceptions to Curricular Requirements

CALS faculty have adopted a standardized process for making exceptions to curricular requirements:


  1. If the course is a College requirement, the Associate Dean can make a decision using faculty guidelines or, if no guidelines exist, can refer the request to the Scholastic Policies and Actions Committee (SPAC) for a decision.

  2. If the course is a departmental requirement, the department makes the decision and notifies the Associate Dean.

Students use a special form, called the SPAC form (will open in Microsoft Word), to make a request for substitutions or waivers for degree requirements. The request must be approved, and the form signed, by the student's advisor and the chair of the department's curriculum committee. The student submits the form to the Office of Academic Student Affairs, 116 Agriculture Hall.