Students may request a requirement substitution or policy exception by submitting a petition. Students who are members of the Honors Program petition the Honors Academic Board; Residential College students petition the RC Board of Academic Standing. All other LSA students petition the LSA Academic Standards Board.

• Petition FAQs
• Petition Guidelines (PDF)

Substitutions for General LSA Requirements

• Bachelor of Science
• Distribution
• First-Year Writing
• Language
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Race & Ethnicity
• Upper-Level Writing

Waivers and Substitutions

It is possible to petition the Academic Standards Board for waivers or substitutions for the following college requirements:

• BS Substitutions
• Distribution Substitutions
• Language Substitutions
• Languages Not Taught at the University of Michigan
• Quantitative Reasoning Substitution
• Race & Ethnicity Substitution
• Writing Requirements