Petition Letter
As a senior student majoring in Applied Economics (Expected Graduation: Summer 2025), I hereby formally request permission to complete my remaining degree requirements through external course enrollment due to policy conflicts.
According to Program Option 2.E requirements, I must complete 12.00 units from APEC_Options and/or ECON courses at any level. To date, I have fulfilled 9.00 units, leaving 3.00 units to be completed during the Summer 2025 term.
The APEC_Options courses offered this summer all require cross-faculty enrollment. However, per Queen's University policy, I have already reached the 6.00-unit maximum for cross-faculty courses through GLPH271 and GLPH471. As a result, enrolling in additional APEC_Options courses would render the credits ineligible due to policy restrictions, jeopardizing my planned graduation timeline. Furthermore, no ECON courses that meet my remaining requirements are offered at Queen’s during the summer term.
These dual constraints—policy limitations and course unavailability—have created a barrier to completing my degree through conventional pathways. Therefore, following consultations with Professor Michael Barber, Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Economics, and academic advisor, I am requesting permission to petition for enrollment at an external institution to fulfill my remaining credit requirement.
According to Program Option 2.E requirements, I must complete 12.00 units from APEC_Options and/or ECON courses at any level. To date, I have fulfilled 9.00 units, leaving 3.00 units to be completed during the Summer 2025 term.
The APEC_Options courses offered this summer all require cross-faculty enrollment. However, per Queen's University policy, I have already reached the 6.00-unit maximum for cross-faculty courses through GLPH271 and GLPH471. As a result, enrolling in additional APEC_Options courses would render the credits ineligible due to policy restrictions, jeopardizing my planned graduation timeline. Furthermore, no ECON courses that meet my remaining requirements are offered at Queen’s during the summer term.
These dual constraints—policy limitations and course unavailability—have created a barrier to completing my degree through conventional pathways. Therefore, following consultations with Professor Michael Barber, Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Economics, and academic advisor, I am requesting permission to petition for enrollment at an external institution to fulfill my remaining credit requirement.