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Petition Type: New
ID: 1829
Submitted: February 3, 2016 at 9:42:16 AM
First Name: Lucie Yulou
Last Name: Ma
Student Number: 10111346
Email: 13lym@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BSH
Plan: MATH-M, FREN-Y
Level of Study: 3
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Request to take more than 6.0 units of courses on a letter of permission through another institution
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Lucie Ma
A315, 1220 rue des Résidences
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France 38406
+33 06 95 93 39 73
13lym@queensu.ca
January 30, 2016
Dr. Johannes Bénard
Associate Dean (Studies)
Dunning Hall - First Floor
94 Queen's University
Kingston, ON Canada
K7L 3N6
Dear Dr. Bénard,
My name is Lucie Ma and I am a 3rd year Mathematics major, French minor at Queen's University. I am appealing to take courses at Université Joseph Fourier (UJF) in France for the Winter semester of 2016.
I was on exchange with the Ontario-Rhônes-Alpes (ORA) exchange program at UJF for the Fall semester of 2015, and towards the end of the Fall semester I decided to spend an extra semester at UJF as a Queen's student on an independent study abroad. There are two main reasons for this decision.
One is that I have really enjoyed my first semester in France and would thus like to prolong my stay. Not only would I like to deepen my understanding of the French culture, but I would also like to become more skilled with the French language. Becoming at ease with the different education system took a lot of time and energy, as with integrating into the French student body. My academic performance has been compromised in this foreign situation in comparison with that of at Queen's. Now that I felt more comfortable in this environment, I know that I can discover many more, perhaps subtler, aspects of the people, culture, and language of this country, if I am granted with more time.
The other reason is that, French tuition is less than Canadian tuition. I have been receiving aid from the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) since my first year at Queen's, and my student loan has been accumulating ever since. To say that my financial obligations have no effect on my studies would be unfrank. I regret to say that the amount of my loan and the pressure that I feel have quite a strong positive correlation. As an adult, I take full responsibility of my education, including financial responsibility, and would very much appreciate if it could be relatively alleviated.
From the very conception of this thought of prolonging my exchange in France, I have communicated extensively with various different parties. I have support from my Undergraduate Chair, the International Programs Office (IPO), as well as my host university. I have been taking a full course load at UJF since the beginning of the academic year, since all credits will be transferred to contribute to my Queen's Bachelor of Science, Honours degree. Moreover, I have also planned out the courses that I will be taking for my fourth year at Queen's; in fact, they are in my Planner under my SOLUS account. Having been on the Dean's Honours List since first year, I am confident that I will graduate on time.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Lucie Ma
A315, 1220 rue des Résidences
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France 38406
+33 06 95 93 39 73
13lym@queensu.ca
January 30, 2016
Dr. Johannes Bénard
Associate Dean (Studies)
Dunning Hall - First Floor
94 Queen's University
Kingston, ON Canada
K7L 3N6
Dear Dr. Bénard,
My name is Lucie Ma and I am a 3rd year Mathematics major, French minor at Queen's University. I am appealing to take courses at Université Joseph Fourier (UJF) in France for the Winter semester of 2016.
I was on exchange with the Ontario-Rhônes-Alpes (ORA) exchange program at UJF for the Fall semester of 2015, and towards the end of the Fall semester I decided to spend an extra semester at UJF as a Queen's student on an independent study abroad. There are two main reasons for this decision.
One is that I have really enjoyed my first semester in France and would thus like to prolong my stay. Not only would I like to deepen my understanding of the French culture, but I would also like to become more skilled with the French language. Becoming at ease with the different education system took a lot of time and energy, as with integrating into the French student body. My academic performance has been compromised in this foreign situation in comparison with that of at Queen's. Now that I felt more comfortable in this environment, I know that I can discover many more, perhaps subtler, aspects of the people, culture, and language of this country, if I am granted with more time.
The other reason is that, French tuition is less than Canadian tuition. I have been receiving aid from the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) since my first year at Queen's, and my student loan has been accumulating ever since. To say that my financial obligations have no effect on my studies would be unfrank. I regret to say that the amount of my loan and the pressure that I feel have quite a strong positive correlation. As an adult, I take full responsibility of my education, including financial responsibility, and would very much appreciate if it could be relatively alleviated.
From the very conception of this thought of prolonging my exchange in France, I have communicated extensively with various different parties. I have support from my Undergraduate Chair, the International Programs Office (IPO), as well as my host university. I have been taking a full course load at UJF since the beginning of the academic year, since all credits will be transferred to contribute to my Queen's Bachelor of Science, Honours degree. Moreover, I have also planned out the courses that I will be taking for my fourth year at Queen's; in fact, they are in my Planner under my SOLUS account. Having been on the Dean's Honours List since first year, I am confident that I will graduate on time.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Lucie Ma
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: 1. Course of Study
a. MATH-M (18.0 credits for fourth year)
i. I will take STAT361 (Applied Statistical Methods), MATH384 (Mathematical Theory of Interest), MATH385 (Life Contingencies), STAT463 (Fundamentals of Statistical Inference). These four courses are each worth 3.0 credits, thus 12.0 credits in total.
ii. I will choose 2 courses among STAT462 (Computational Data Analysis), STAT464 (Discrete Time Series Analysis), STAT471 (Sampling and Experimental Design), STAT473 (Generalized Linear Models), STAT486 (Survival Analysis). These course are also worth 3.0 credits each.
b. FREN-Y (12.0 credits for fourth year)
i. FREN250 (Grammaire avancée), FREN450 (Travaux pratiques). These two courses are worth 3.0 credits each, giving a total of 6.0 credits.
ii. FREN499 (Teaching French as a Second Language). This course is worth 6.0 credits. I have already notified the French department during second year that I would like to be a Teaching Assistant (TA) for the first year French course. In the case that I am not a successful interviewee for this position, I will either take other courses or simply take a total of 24.0 credits for fourth year. In addition to the 30.0 Queen's credits that I earn every year, I also have 6.0 credits from Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) that I took in the summer of 2014. Therefore I will have 120.0 credits in the end even if I take 24.0 credits worth of courses for the 2016-2017 academic year.
2. Full Time Status
a. I have always been a full time student since first year and have exceled.
3. Strategies for Success
a. I will communicate with my professors should I have difficulty with the course material due to difference in curriculum between Queen's and UJF. Generally, my academic performance has been quite excellent, if I may say so.
a. MATH-M (18.0 credits for fourth year)
i. I will take STAT361 (Applied Statistical Methods), MATH384 (Mathematical Theory of Interest), MATH385 (Life Contingencies), STAT463 (Fundamentals of Statistical Inference). These four courses are each worth 3.0 credits, thus 12.0 credits in total.
ii. I will choose 2 courses among STAT462 (Computational Data Analysis), STAT464 (Discrete Time Series Analysis), STAT471 (Sampling and Experimental Design), STAT473 (Generalized Linear Models), STAT486 (Survival Analysis). These course are also worth 3.0 credits each.
b. FREN-Y (12.0 credits for fourth year)
i. FREN250 (Grammaire avancée), FREN450 (Travaux pratiques). These two courses are worth 3.0 credits each, giving a total of 6.0 credits.
ii. FREN499 (Teaching French as a Second Language). This course is worth 6.0 credits. I have already notified the French department during second year that I would like to be a Teaching Assistant (TA) for the first year French course. In the case that I am not a successful interviewee for this position, I will either take other courses or simply take a total of 24.0 credits for fourth year. In addition to the 30.0 Queen's credits that I earn every year, I also have 6.0 credits from Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) that I took in the summer of 2014. Therefore I will have 120.0 credits in the end even if I take 24.0 credits worth of courses for the 2016-2017 academic year.
2. Full Time Status
a. I have always been a full time student since first year and have exceled.
3. Strategies for Success
a. I will communicate with my professors should I have difficulty with the course material due to difference in curriculum between Queen's and UJF. Generally, my academic performance has been quite excellent, if I may say so.
Documentation
Professional Letter: UG chair.pdf