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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>As of <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>TODAY,</span><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='background:yellow'>Wednesday, January 22, 2014</span></span></b><span style='color:black'>, requests to add<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='background:lime'>undergraduate</span><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>students to an engineering course for the Spring 2014 semester will require a General Petition. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Department advisors can no longer add students to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='background:lime'>undergraduate</span><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>classes. <b>THESE REQUESTS</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>will require a General Petition.<b><i> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></i></b>The petition <b>must be signed by the instructor of the course</b>, with a note in the comments section, indicating whether or not the student has been attending the course, and that the instructor approves the addition. The General Petition<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>MUST INCLUDE</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the course information<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>(course, course number & section number)</b>. <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b><i>If this information is not on the General Petition, the petition will not be processed.</i></b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>The General Petition must then be approved by the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies or the department chairman, or both. Generally, it is expected that such additions will be for missing required lab courses or changes of section which are appropriate for the interests of the department and college. As a general rule, additions of students who are not already enrolled in college courses will not be approved. Undergraduate students should get enrolled in their courses during the first week of classes, and should attend all classes during the first week <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Lesley D. Sisk</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Academic Advisor III</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>University of Houston</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cullen College of Engineering, Dean's Office</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>E316 Engineering Bldg 2</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Houston, TX 77204-4007</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu">www.egr.uh.edu</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(website)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:ldsisk@uh.edu">ldsisk@uh.edu</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(email)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>