College of Letters and Sciences Forms
Bachelor of Arts Requirements
- Foreign language waiver based on high school courses
Students who graduated from high school before 2012 may waive the requirement with 2 high school years of the same foreign language. - Request for personalization: 300/400 level coursework
6 units of upper division course work (300/400 level) from the arts, humanities or social science fields of study. These courses may not be from the department of the student's major or minor. They may not be used in a student's University Requirements. All 6 units may be from the same subject.
Retroactive Credits in Foreign Language
- Request For Retroactive Credits in Foreign Language Form
(NOTE: Save this form to your computer first. Do NOT fill it out online)
To apply for retroactive credits, students must earn a grade of B or better in their first college level language course (numbered 142 or above, or Japanese 102 or above). They are then eligible to apply for retroactive credits for the courses below the course completed. UW-system transfer students are also able to be awarded retroactive credits based on their transfer coursework.
Request for Overload of Credits
- Request Form for Overload of Credits
For Letters and Sciences students in good standing, use this form to appeal for more than a full time load (over 18 credits in a Fall/Spring term. See Schedule of classes for summer term rules). Students on probation must appeal to the Academic Standards Office .
Graduation
(see the University Forms section for application information)
- Graduation Checklist
This is not an official graduation check, rather it is an advising tool to review a student's record for graduation. The form should be kept in the student's advising file.
University Forms
Academic Standards
- Academic Standards Appeal
- Exceeding 15 Units (overload for Students on Probation)
- Academic Forgiveness
Registration
- Course Repeat
- Time Conflict Form
- Late Add
- Late Drop
Use this form for dropping single courses, but not if it is the only course for which a student is enrolled. Do not use for changes of section in a class. - WINS Late Class Adjustment Form
Use this form for section changes within a class or for changes in units. - Withdrawal
Use this form if you will be dropping all classes for the term. You must enter your campus net ID and password and submit the form on-line.
Graduation
- Apply for Graduation
Submit this form on-line. - Request Refund of Enrollment Deposit
Use this form to request a refund of the $100.00 Tuition Deposit. Read the form for deadlines.
FERPA
Other
- Undergraduate Degree/Major/Minor Change Form
Students should complete the form and take it to their current major office. That office will release the advising file to the student to take with the change form to the office of the new department.



