Graduate Petitions
Some petitions require the signature from your college and/or your department or school.
- Locate the name of your college dean, associate dean or assistant dean
- Locate the name of your department head or school director
Notes from the Registrar's Office:
- Most petitions require one week processing after all signatures are complete.
- You will receive an email from DocuSign when your petition has been received and registration changes have been processed by the Registrar's Office.
- To check the status of your petition, log on to your DocuSign account.
- SDSU's email address format for school officials is @sdstate.edu. Student emails are @jacks.sdstate.edu.
- International Students: Please use the petition links designated for international students as they are set up to route to the Office of International Affairs to ensure verification of visa compliance.
Use these forms for petition requests for courses for the current term.
International Students: Please use the petition links designated for international students as they are set up to route to the Office of International Affairs to ensure verification of visa compliance.
- Current Semester Late Add: Adjust credit hours or late add a course for the current term.
- Current Semester Late Drop: Drop one or some but not all current term courses. This is to be used after the last day to drop for the semester. Check the term important dates.
- Drop with Refund: Request to drop one or some but not all courses with a full refund.
- Section Change: Change to a different section for the same course.
Students withdrawing from the current semester must contact the Registrar's Office at 605-688-6195 prior to filling out the withdrawal petition form.
- Withdrawal Petition: To drop all courses in the current semester after drop deadlines.
Use these forms for petition requests for courses for previous terms.
International Students: Please use the petition links designated for international students as they are set up to route to the Office of International Affairs office to ensure verification of visa compliance.
- Previous Semester Late Add/Drop: Late add a course or drop one or some but not all courses from a previous term.
- Withdrawal Petition: To drop all courses in the previous semester.