Bumpers College Forms -- Download in PDF
The following forms may be utilized by students, advisors, instructors, and departments.
Student Forms
This form is completed by the student when his/her major is declared and an advisor is assigned. It must be signed by both advisor and student. The carbon copy form can be obtained from the advisor or department.
AFLS Overload Petition (19-21 hours) 
The student completes the student information, Proposed Schedule of Classes, and Reason for Overload sections. The advisor completes the Recommendations of Advisor section and signs the form. The student takes the form to the Dean’s office for processing.
These forms are available online, in the Dean’s office, and in the departments. Applications must be returned to the Dean’s office by 4:30 PM February 15th. The student must attach a one page typed academic resume that includes a brief statement indicating his/her career objectives and why a scholarship is important for him/her to achieve his/her goals, a list of honors, awards, scholarships, work experience, and extracurricular activities.
Students who desire to change their primary major or minor or to add a minor or second major must complete this form in the dean’s office.
This form is submitted for a change in the student’s degree plan. One example of its use is when a student has successfully taken other courses considered very similar in subject matter to those required by his or her degree plan. The advisor completes the form with the justification stated in clear detail. The form must be signed by the adviser and department head prior to being submitted to the dean’s office. The student and the advisor are notified by email if the substitution has been approved.
This form allows the student to choose what information may be released and to whom it may be released. The student completes this form and turns it in at the Dean’s office.
The student completes the Student Aid Appeal Cover Page, writes an appeal letter to the Student Aid Committee detailing the circumstance, and includes any supporting documents. The student’s advisor completes the appeal form. The student takes the form and other documents to the Dean’s office for processing.
Minor Form for non-AFLS minors
This form is available in the Dean’s office. Student and advisor signatures are needed. The student must check the catalog to see if a signature of the Department Head granting the Minor is required. A completed and signed form should be in the student’s folder before applying for graduation.
The completion of the Out of Career Form is necessary when a graduate student wishes to enroll in an undergraduate level course or when an undergraduate student desires to enroll in a graduate level course for undergraduate credit. This form may require the signatures of the instructor, adviser, or department chair. It is submitted to the graduate dean’s office.
Petition for Acceptance of "D" Grades for Transfer Credit
After the student completes and signs this form, it is returned to the Dean’s office for recommendation. This form and all required materials should be submitted at least one month prior to the term for which admission is being requested.
Petition to Academic Standards Committee
Students complete Parts A and B; part C by the student’s academic dean who will forward the petition to the Office of the Registrar. Petitions should reach the Registrar’s Office by 4:00 PM three working days preceding the meeting of the Committee. The Academic Standards Committee calendar can be found online.
Petition to Take Coursework at Another Institution
The student may pick up this form from the Dean’s office. To check for the Off-campus Equivalencies, see the Transfer Equivalency Guide available online. The student, advisor, and Dean’s office must sign the form.
Request to use Grade Forgiveness Policy
The advisor or departmental representative completes this form specifying the criteria and need for the student list. The Dean’s office will provide the list but all personally identifiable information for each student will be omitted.
UA Overload Petition (22+ hours)
Students who wish to carry more than 21 hours per semester must first request and receive favorable action from the Academic Standards Committee. The Dean’s office has these forms.
Administrative Forms
Students may drop/add courses on ISIS during the schedule-adjustment period or during the first five class days of a major semester. Students who drop classes by the end of the first week of classes in the fall and spring will have their fees adjusted. A course dropped during the first 10 days of class of a major semester will not show on the official academic record. After the first 10 class days and before the drop deadline, a student may drop a course but a “W” will be recorded. Students may not drop a full-semester course after the Friday of the tenth week of classes in a semester. Check the form for correct student ID, College (AFLS or GRAD), Career (UGRD or GRAD), course ID, credit hours, and a reason for the drop/add. Drop/Add forms must have the signature of the instructor, the advisor, and department head. Form should be sent to the Dean’s office for processing.
Evaluation Procedures for Administrators of Bumpers College and Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
A variety of links to forms necessary for the curriculum change process. Major curriculum changes include: add a course, change a course, inactivate/delete a course. Minor curriculum changes include change a course and reactivate a course. There are also links from this page to view pending course changes at different levels of the approval process.
Description of Special Problems
This form is completed by the instructor for each student enrolling in a special problem section. It should outline the expectations of the student to complete the special problem. The form should be submitted to the Dean’s office within the first three weeks of the semester.
Graduate Faculty Application Form
This form is used for initial approval of graduate faculty status of for any upgrade of status for graduate advising. The form is routed thought he senior member of the college representative on the Graduate Council for submission to the Graduate School.
Nonclassified Support/Program Personnel Annual Performance Review Form and Rating Form 
This is a link to the academic policy series 1622.20 regarding changes to degree programs.
Program Change Form Instructions
This is the electronic program/unit change form that is used to submit changes to degree program requirements.
Request for Special Topics class
This form is used to describe the proposed course to be offered. It should have clear objectives, state a need for the class, and include a topical outline of the proposed course. This should be presented to the departmental curriculum committee, and approved by the department head. This approval must take place before the courses are submitted for the schedule of classes. Normally this time frame is one year in advance of the instruction of the course.
Request for student information
The advisor or departmental representative completes this form specifying the criteria and need for the student list. The Dean’s office will provide the list but all personally identifiable information for each student will be omitted.
This spreadsheet is used for 9- and 12-month faculty to calculate the percentage of instructional load for the previous year. It is submitted with the faculty service review form during the evaluation period.
Report Templates
Annual Report: suggested text and template RAR Report – coming soon FAEIS Report – coming soon