Graduate Course Option Petition Form printable pdf download

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF LAW

GRADUATE COURSE OPTION PETITION

NAME: _______________________________________________ UFID:__________________________

DATE: _____________________________SEM/YEAR ENTERED LAW SCHOOL: _________________

EMAIL: _____________________________________ PHONE:_________________________________

The following polices apply to the Graduate Course Option:

• With approval, students may complete a maximum of two courses in the University of Florida Graduate School or in foreign

language courses for a maximum of six credits toward law school graduation. Both courses may be taken in the same

semester. Grades of “B” or higher must be earned to obtain academic credit for the courses although the grade is not

computed in a student’s grade point average. Independent study and directed research courses in another college are not

permitted.

• Transient/transfer students who have received more than 23 hours for work at another law school are not eligible for the

graduate course option. Joint degree students and students on probation are not eligible for the graduate course

option.

• Foreign language courses do not have to be at the graduate level. No foreign language course may be approved unless it

is a new language for the student or is advanced beyond courses in the language the student has previously taken. No

foreign language course will be approved for a student who is proficient in the language. Approval to take a language

course is conditional on placement as determined by the department offering the course.

• Based upon ABA Standard 306, governing distance education in U.S. Law Schools, no Graduate level distance

education/online courses will be approved if it is determined the student will not have ample interaction with the instructor

and other students. This will be determined from the syllabus submitted with the petition. No student may obtain more than

4 credit hours of distance education/online courses in the same term. This includes any distance education/online law

courses that a student may be completing at the law school in the same term. Additionally, no student may receive more

than a total of 12 credit hours of academic credit for distance education/online courses completed at the law school and the

graduate school.

• Students may take courses specified in the Graduate Course Option only if the student, through the exercise of due

diligence, cannot take a course containing substantially the same subject matter at the Levin College of Law.

Please list the course(s) you want to take by course name and section number, indicate credit hours, attach a catalog

description and syllabus, and give professor’s name and telephone number. Please indicate what other graduate courses

you have taken, if any. Briefly explain how this proposed course helps you meet your educational or professional goals.

TERM

COURSE PREFIX/NUMBER

SECTION #

COURSE NAME and # of CREDITS

CREDITS

______________

__________________________

___________

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______________

__________________________

___________

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EXPLANATION:________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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I understand that I cannot assume my request has been approved, and I am responsible for checking to see what action has

been taken on this petition. If approved, I am responsible for the registration of the approved course(s).

STUDENT’S SIGNATURE: __________________________________________________ DATE: ______________________

OFFICE USE ONLY

APPROVED_______

DENIED_______ BY__________________________________ DATE:_______________________

STUDENT NOTIFED OF DECISION____ BY__________________________________ DATE:_______________________

SASS FILE UPDATED_______ BY___________________________________________DATE:_______________________

Graduate Course Option Petition Form

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