Petition Letter
To whom it may concern,
I am appealing to add GRMN 419 (Roots of Fascism) for the Winter 2016 Term in place of the ENGL 259 (Global Shakespeare), which I will drop. Due to the repercussions of extenuating physical and mental health challenges which I experienced toward the end of last term, which resulted in confusion regarding my academic plan during the first two week of winter term¿¿coupled with additional complications that I will outline in this letter, I was unable to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline. However, I am currently in full mental capacity to pursue GRMN 419 and have been putting in the work as if I had been a student. In addition, I have the full support of the instructor (who is also the Undergraduate Chair for LLCU), Dr. David Pugh.
There is a partial schedule conflict between GRMN 419 (Monday 11:30-1:00, Thursday 1:00-2:30) and MICR 221 (Monday 11:30-12:30; Tuesday 1:30-2:30; Thursday 12:30-1:30); however, this has been fully settled since Day 1. Dr. Pugh has at least one other student who similarly has a partial scheduling conflict, and he has kindly agreed that we may pursue the course attending the portions of the lecture that do not conflict with the other course. In any case, since we are enrolled in the GRMN section of the ¿¿Roots of Fascism¿ course (the majority of the class being in the LLCU 327 portion of the course), we have separate weekly meetings hosted by Dr. Pugh specifically targeted at the German students, and this ensures that we keep up with the course.
The reason I was not able to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline since at the time, I believed that I would be granted access to a FREN course that would similarly satisfy my degree goals. However, I was informed on Friday afternoon (the add/drop dealine) that my request had been denied; and was at that point unable to add GRMN 419 myself since I would need the Department¿¿s Administrative Assistant, Dr. Margaret Maliszewska, to add it; and the office had already closed. At the time, I settled for ENGL 259, a course that had enticed me; but since it is not a language course, I realized that it would not be a good investment of my time and energy considering my further plans, which may include pursuing a Minor in World Language Studies and other pursuits with German.
Given that I have participated in the course as if I were already an enrolled student and the professor acknowledges such, I humbly ask that I be enrolled in GRMN 419 (and thus drop out of ENGL 259).
I am appealing to add GRMN 419 (Roots of Fascism) for the Winter 2016 Term in place of the ENGL 259 (Global Shakespeare), which I will drop. Due to the repercussions of extenuating physical and mental health challenges which I experienced toward the end of last term, which resulted in confusion regarding my academic plan during the first two week of winter term¿¿coupled with additional complications that I will outline in this letter, I was unable to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline. However, I am currently in full mental capacity to pursue GRMN 419 and have been putting in the work as if I had been a student. In addition, I have the full support of the instructor (who is also the Undergraduate Chair for LLCU), Dr. David Pugh.
There is a partial schedule conflict between GRMN 419 (Monday 11:30-1:00, Thursday 1:00-2:30) and MICR 221 (Monday 11:30-12:30; Tuesday 1:30-2:30; Thursday 12:30-1:30); however, this has been fully settled since Day 1. Dr. Pugh has at least one other student who similarly has a partial scheduling conflict, and he has kindly agreed that we may pursue the course attending the portions of the lecture that do not conflict with the other course. In any case, since we are enrolled in the GRMN section of the ¿¿Roots of Fascism¿ course (the majority of the class being in the LLCU 327 portion of the course), we have separate weekly meetings hosted by Dr. Pugh specifically targeted at the German students, and this ensures that we keep up with the course.
The reason I was not able to add GRMN 419 at the time of the add/drop deadline since at the time, I believed that I would be granted access to a FREN course that would similarly satisfy my degree goals. However, I was informed on Friday afternoon (the add/drop dealine) that my request had been denied; and was at that point unable to add GRMN 419 myself since I would need the Department¿¿s Administrative Assistant, Dr. Margaret Maliszewska, to add it; and the office had already closed. At the time, I settled for ENGL 259, a course that had enticed me; but since it is not a language course, I realized that it would not be a good investment of my time and energy considering my further plans, which may include pursuing a Minor in World Language Studies and other pursuits with German.
Given that I have participated in the course as if I were already an enrolled student and the professor acknowledges such, I humbly ask that I be enrolled in GRMN 419 (and thus drop out of ENGL 259).