Each student at Houghton may petition the associate academic dean, through the academic petitions committee, regarding any academic matter. Specific actions requiring petition include: waiver of a specific academic requirement, waiver of a specific academic rule or stipulation, permission for a special academic condition or activity, or a request to take more than 18 credit hours in a semester.

Actions not requiring petition action: permission for 18 hours (use "Request for Academic Overload" form), permission to increase credits in variable-credit course (use "Change of Schedule" form), or permission to attend off-campus program (use specific application).

Further information is available in the Academic Records Office.

(Information retrieved from the Houghton College Catalog 2006-2007, pg. 36)