• Description: 
  • Math courses taken at other schools that are not already on this list should be petitioned for equivalency.
  • Note that our faculty do not review equivalency for courses below the level of calculus (College Algebra, Precalculus, etc.).
  • A course must be UC Transferable, as determined by the Office of Admissions, in order to be eligible for equivalency.
  • Transfer equivalency petitions are reviewed by the Articulation Committee faculty and the Department Vice Chair. 
• Required Documents: 
  • Students must upload a syllabus (with specific lecture topics, exam details, and textbook/chapter information) with their petition for our faculty to review.
  • If not included in the syllabus, upload a copy of the weekly lecture topics.
  • If not included in the syllabus, upload a copy of the textbook table of contents chapter information.
• Submission: 
  • Submit these petition requests to the Math Department through the online petition portal.
  • Expect 2-3 weeks for full review.
• Evaluation Criteria:
  • Petitioned courses are subject to the Articulation Committee's evaluation of the course content and quality. 
  • Quality evaluations may include determinations based on the course's length, rigor of grading standards, student-professor engagement hours, and modality of exams.
  • Online courses that do not have proctored, in-person exams will most likely be disapproved in the quality evaluation.
• Resubmission Appeals:
  • Resubmissions for transfer equivalency disapprovals are only allowed if new, relevant material is submitted. All other resubmissions will be closed.

• Description:
  • Any course you would like to use to fulfill a Math major requirement that is not currently listed in the General Catalog requirements list must be petitioned.
  • This petition is reviewed by the faculty advisor designated to your major (or proposed major) and the Department Vice Chair. 
• Required Documents:
  • Upload a syllabus with your petition for the faculty advisor to review.
  • Upload a copy of your degree audit and/or TritonLink Academic History.
• Submission: 
  • Submit these petition requests to the Math Department through the online petition portal.
  • Expect 2-3 weeks for full review.

• Description: 
  • Any department policy you want to request waived (minimum unit requirement, major course grade option requirement, minimum letter grade requirement, minimum GPA requirement, etc.) must be reviewed by petition. 
  • This petition is reviewed by the faculty advisor designated to your major (or proposed major) and/or the Department Vice Chair.
• Required Documents: 
  • Upload a personal statement explaining why you cannot meet the department policy you are requesting waived.
  • Upload a copy of your degree audit and/or TritonLink Academic History.
• Submission: 
  • Submit these petition requests to the Math Department through the online petition portal.
  • Expect 2-3 weeks for full review.

• Description: 
  • This petition is reviewed by a department staff advisor to ensure all major requirements will be satisfactorily completed by the student’s expected graduation term.
  • Students may also need to submit a major requirement exception petition if they are planning to use courses from outside the Math Department as overlapping courses for their double major, if not already allowed in the General Catalog requirements.
• Required Documents: 
  • Double Major Petition form (PDF)
  • Academic Planning Worksheet
  • Statement of Purpose: Statement must briefly describe how the courses and majors chosen fit together to create a course plan that benefits student's current and future academic interests.
  • The Academic Planning Sheet should be sent in a Google Sheets format, not saved as a PDF
• Submission: 
  • Math Major advisors are currently accepting Double Major Petitions by email (math-advising-g@ucsd.edu).
  • Expect 5-10 days for review.

To learn more about the Double Major Petition process please visit How to Declare a Double Major (Undergraduates) page for more information

• Description: 
  • Retroactive requests (drop, withdrawal, Incomplete, etc.) after the official University deadline that require Department, College, and Academic Senate review. 
• Required Documents: 
  • Undergraduate Student Petition (PDF)
  • Official documentation (medical records, etc.)
  • Personal statement including a timeline of events and explanation of the circumstances.
• Submission: 
  • University Exception petitions are not submitted through the online portal. Instead, they are submitted by email (math-advising-g@ucsd.edu).
  • Expect 6-14 weeks for full review.

Petitions for University exceptions may take longer to review as they will undergo more scrutiny and must meet certain criteria for approval, as outlined by the Academic Senate here (PDF).