Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Introduction, Submitting Petitions or Appeals and Petitions or Appeals Status

Please note: You must be a student in the Faculty of Arts and Science to submit this petition or appeal. If you are a student from another faculty and wish to submit a petition or appeal regarding a course offered through the Faculty of Arts and Science, you must do so through your home faculty office.

Before You Start

This process takes time. We recommend that you draft your petition or appeal letter and collect and prepare all of your petition or appeal material ahead of time (see the list below for what you need to include). If you have everything ready in advance, it should take about 15 minutes to submit your on-line petition or appeal.

Caution! Once you start working on your petition or appeal, you cannot save the information or close the application and return to it later so make sure you leave yourself enough time to complete and submit it.

You will need:

  • A valid NetID and password. Need help? Visit Queen's ITServices.
  • A petition or appeal letter. You will need to write a letter explaining what your petition or appeal is regarding and what the extenuating circumstances are surrounding your petition or appeal.
  • Supporting documentation. (You can submit your petition or appeal without documentation and have it follow at a later date. Your petition or appeal will not be reviewed until all of the required documentation has been received.)
  • Other required documentation. See the Documentation Chart for more information on what other documentation is required for your particular petition or appeal request.

Questions? Need help?

Please select the type of petition or appeal you would like to make:

A Petition to the Associate Dean (Academic)

Petition type Deadline
Petition for informal grade review to instructor Refer to course syllabus for class deadlines and instructions
Petition to add classes after the add deadline 10 business days after the add deadline of term
Petition to waive a requirement to withdraw for one year/three years 15 business days
Petition for late course drop, credit standing, Aegrotat standing Within one year of the end of the term in which the class was offered
Petition for extension of an incomplete grade or deferred exam beyond one term Prior to the deadline for the submission of the outstanding work/exam
Appeal for formal review of instructor's decision on coursework Within 15 business days of receiving the instructor's decision on the informal review
Appeal of Associate Dean's decision on petition (to Board of Studies) Within 10 business days
Appeal of Board of Studies's decision on appeal (to USAB) Within 2 weeks

An Appeal to the Board of Studies — Level 2

Previous Submissions

Submission NumberLevelSubmission DateSubmission TypeStatus
6540Level 2Feb 3, 2020NewReceived
253Level 1Jun 27, 2014NewWithdrawn
252Level 1Jun 27, 2014NewWithdrawn
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