Student Academic Affairs Office

College of Letters & Science

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Curriculum Modifications

Curriculum Modification for L & S Majors. . .

(all others, contact the coordinator of Advising for their college)

. . . is an Exception to an Academic Policy. So what does that mean?

It means that your department and/or the Student Academic Affairs Officer approves an official amendment to the curriculum which you are completing as shown on your Star Report and/or your transcript.

Some examples of Curriculum Modifications:

• In some majors and minors, you can have certain requirements waived.

• Sometimes, an elective in a major or minor can be substituted for a requirement.

• If after changing your major, you find one of the required courses is similar to a course you took for the other major, a substitution may be allowed

• You might be allowed to drop the requirement for a minor with certain majors.

• You may be allowed to substitute a more advanced class for a class that is listed as a degree or general education requirement.

• Sometimes, a transfer course can be used in a different area than the one into which it originally transferred, BUT a change of transfer evaluation often works best in this situation, (for that see the transfer evaluator in the Admissions Office).

• However, you may not change the number of credits required for your Major or Minor.

Getting a Curriculum Modification

• A request to modify the curriculum is usually initiated by your faculty advisor or a Letters and Science advisor in Dempsey. (You can bring up the idea)
• If the Modification applies to your Major or Minor, a member of the department (usually your advisor) needs to sign it. Sometimes the department chair must also sign it.
• It then goes to the Student Academic Affairs Officer in Nursing/Education 101.
• Although a modification of degree requirements is signed only by the SAAO, it may be initiated by any L&S advisor.
• Approved or denied, you will get the yellow copy of the Modification in the mail after the transaction has been processed.

Note: It is wise to keep this yellow copy with your important papers just in case something unusual happens.