CCI Student Petition Overview

The Committee on Courses of Instruction has purview over granting student’s exception to the general education requirements (Santa Cruz Regulation 10.2.2.4). Requests are reviewed by the student’s College Provost and students must submit all appropriate supporting documents and requested information when submitting the online form. The Committee meets based on workload and submitting a petition could take up to eight weeks to review; nor does it guarantee the desired outcome.  The Committee's decision is final. 

CCI Student Petition Submission Portal

For detailed instructions on submitting a CCI petition request, see below.

Submitting a CCI Petition Request

1. Meet with College Advising Staff: Students who wish to petition a course should meet with the college advising staff before completing the online petition form to determine if a petition is the right course of action to pursue.

2. Collect Required Documentation: All supporting documents must be submitted to support your petition. The online form will ask you to provide the following required documentation:

   • UCSC Courses Student Advising Summary: Students are responsible for providing their advising summary. Please review these instructions for accessing and downloading your student advising summary. 

   • Student Justification Statement: Draft a letter that states what action you are requesting. For example “I am requesting a Late Add for Course # taken in QUARTER YEAR.” Briefly explain what extenuating circumstances support your request. Explain why a CCI petition is the appropriate course of action for your request. A petition is needed for each individual course; however, it is helpful to note in the statement if multiple petitions are being submitted.

   • Other documentation specific to the petition type:

     • Department Authorization for DC Requirements Form

     • General Education Requirements Questionnaire

     • CEP Guidelines on Catalog Rights

     • Instructor Initiated Change of Grade Form

     • Documentation of Extenuating Circumstances: Some petitions require documentation of extenuating circumstances. If your documentation of extenuating circumstances contains any reference to medical information (for example, a letter from a doctor or therapist explaining how your circumstances impacted your academic performance at that time), you must follow the links in the application form to securely submit such documentation through DocuSign. If you are including screenshots from correspondence of any kind, please embed them in a larger document that you upload and caption each picture with an explanation of how it fits in your petition.

3. Submit Your Petition Online: Once you have met and discussed your situation with your advisor and have all the required documentation, please complete the CCI Student Petition Form online.

For detailed information about required documentation for each petition, please review the Table of Required Documents for CCI Student Petition Requests.

Uploading Files: Please use the following naming convention when uploading documents: “Last Name First Name - Document - Term & Year“ (e.g. “Slug Sammy - Student Advising Summary - Spring 2018”)

Title IX Disclaimer: Please note that the information you share in your appeal or with your advisers will be kept private and shared only with campus officials as required to process your appeal. However, in limited circumstances, including those related to potential harm to yourself or others, sexual harassment, sexual violence, and abuse, we may be required by policy to report incidents you disclose to other need-to-know offices on campus such as the Title IX Office and/or University of California Police Department. If you are in need of support with any experience(s) you disclose in your appeal statement, please see the list of confidential and/or support resources.

Petition Review Process

The submitted form will be reviewed and considered by your college advising staff and Provost prior to review by the Committee on Courses of Instruction (CCI).

Review of petitions will take approximately 4-6 weeks from the moment the review from the advising staff and Provost has concluded and the petition has reached CCI.

You will be notified via email of the final CCI decision.

CCI Student Petition Process Flowchart includes detailed information about the CCI Student Petition Approval Process.

To review the various types of CCI petition requests, along with details about how to submit each type and all required documentation, visit Types of CCI Student Petitions.

If approved, your MyUCSC account will be charged a $10 Change of Study List for every add and drop.