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 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 International Student Affairs office to ensure verification of visa compliance.
Current Semester - Registration Petitions
Use these forms for petition requests for courses for the current term.
- : Adjust credit hours or late add a course for the current term.
- : 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.
- : Request to drop one or some but not all courses with a full refund.
- : 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.
- : To drop all courses in the current semester after drop deadlines.
Previous Semester - Registration Petitions
Use these forms for petition requests for courses for previous terms.
- : Late add a course or drop one or some but not all courses from a previous term.
- : To drop all courses in the previous semester.
