Requesting changes to academic records
The Committee
on Undergraduate Records and Certification (C.U.R.C.)
is a University of Delaware committee of administrators and
faculty representatives from the undergraduate colleges. C.U.R.C.
meets monthly (except during August) to review student requests
for retroactive changes to their academic records due to documented
extenuating circumstances. Continuing Education students who
wish to petition C.U.R.C. should write a dated letter to:
ATTN:
Michelle Parnell (C.U.R.C.)
University of Delaware
Division of Professional and Continuing Studies
203 Clayton Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Please
include the following information in the letter:
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Contact
Information: name, student ID number, address, telephone
number(s), and e-mail address.
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The
action you would like C.U.R.C. to consider on your behalf,
i.e., retroactive withdrawal, retroactive addition, change
of grade status (pass/fail, standard grading, audit, etc.).
Please include the semester/session(s) for which you are
requesting this action, as well as course names and numbers.
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The
reason you are requesting the action. Please give as much
detail as possible to provide a timeline of events and
an understanding of the extenuating circumstances and
how they affected your academics during the time period
in question. Explain enough of the circumstances to justify
why the request should be honored.
In addition
to the student letter, thorough documentation of extenuating
circumstances must be provided in the form of an original
letter (on official letterhead) from a professional (such
as a physician, psychologist, etc.) who is in the position
to verify the situation and its academic impact. Students
requesting a retroactive withdrawal for never attending a
class must attach documentation from the professor verifying
this. Visit the Committee
on Undergraduate Records and Certification (C.U.R.C.)
for further information regarding documentation, particularly
in relation to documented disabilities.
Students
are encouraged to contact the ACCESS Center at 302/831-2741
to make an appointment with Michelle Parnell to discuss the
petition process. The student letter and complete documentation
must be submitted at least ten days prior to the C.U.R.C meeting
to be placed on the agenda. Questions regarding C.U.R.C. may
be directed to Michelle Parnell at 302/831-2741 or mparnell@udel.edu. |
