*Advisors in the School for Graduate Studies should email Grad.Services@sunyempire.edu

1. What is a petition?

Submitting a petition is the way a mentor requests a change to a student’s audit, including:

• Course substitution or change in the major/AOS, general education, ed planning, etc.
• Unevaluated or unapplied transfer credit in structured programs
• Pre-2018 SUNY Empire coursework needing review
• Lower-level transfer course meeting an upper-level requirement  

2. Where to submit a petition?

In order to submit a petition, start by clicking on the “Submit a Petition” link in Degree Works found under the “Links” tab. This will open the Petition Submission form.

3. How to find a student?

In the Petition Submission form, choose from the drop-down list of mentees or enter the student ID. A search by name is also available.

Mentors can submit petitions for any student by searching for a student.

If the program does not populate, make sure you click on the student in the grid.

4. Select petition type

Select the degree the petition is regarding, and select a petition type:

• Transfer Credit/PLA/PLE
• Empire Courses

For each petition type, there will be additional choices and fields. Fill out the remaining fields, which vary depending on the petition type selected.

5. Submit petition

Click on the Submit button found on the bottom left of the page.

You will receive a message that your request has been successfully submitted.

6. Notification

Once your petition has been reviewed by the appropriate individual(s), you will receive a notification that it has been either approved and applied to the Degree Works audit or denied with a justification.