<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><b>As of <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
TODAY, Wednesday, September 3, 2014</span></b>, 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 Fall 2014 semester will require a General Petition. <b>Department advisors can no longer add students</b> to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:lime">undergraduate</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>classes
at this point. </div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">These requests<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will require a
</span>g<span style="color:black">eneral </span>p<span style="color:black">etition.<b><i> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b>This petition must be signed by the instructor of the course, and a note in the comments section on the general petition,
indicating that the student has been attending classes, and that the instructor approves the addition.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The </span>g<span style="color:black">eneral
</span>p<span style="color:black">etition<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 & 5-digit section
number)</b>. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>If this information is not on the
</i></b></span><b><i>g<span style="color:black">eneral </span>p<span style="color:black">etition, the petition will not be processed.</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">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"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Many thanks! ~Lesley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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: 11pt; 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: 11pt; 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: 11pt; 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: 11pt; 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: 11pt; 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: 11pt; 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: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></span><style><!--
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