Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: I am appealing to waive the 21-day deadline to add a course after the last official date for adding classes, as well as appealing to be added to a class after the last official deadline for adding classes.
I am currently in 4th year and am doing a Political Studies major and a Certificate in Law. The requirement for obtaining the Certificate of Law is to take four 3.0 single credit courses in LAW200/LAW700, three courses of which I have already completed, and am currently in the process of completing the fourth.
I checked my SOLUS on Thursday to make 100 sure I am on track for graduation, as I have planned out since I completed my first year at Queen's and was accepted to major in Political Studies. I have fulfilled all of my Political Studies courses, however on SOLUS it stated that I am six units (two courses) behind for my degree requirements of 114 units. Upon looking into it further, I discovered that two of my LAW700 level courses (LAW205 and LAW206) both do not count towards my degree. This completely took me off guard as I have not received anything in the near past indicating that my LAW credits required for my Certificate in Law do not also count for my BAH degree.
I am appealing the 21-day deadline, so I am able to enrol in the HIST124 Online course, which is worth six units and would thus allow me to graduate on time as planned. I am planning and am in the process of applying to law school for Fall 2019 and being unable to graduate this upcoming Spring 2019 would greatly hinder my application, my academic success at Queen's, as well as my mental health due to the immense amount of stress that this event has caused.
My argument for this appeal is that I was not given sufficient notice nor information that 1) the LAW700/200 level courses did not apply to my degree, especially as LAW201 is a POLS eligible course that was used to not only contribute to my degree, but to my major requirement. This discrepancy between the courses is very confusing and is the majority of the reason why I did not know that LAW700/200 level courses would not contribute to my degree requirements. Further, upon checking my email history, it appears as though the only email Queen's University sent out regarding the fact that LAW700/200 level courses do not count towards an Arts and Science degree is from July 17, 2017. This is insufficient on the part of Queen's University to ensure its students know the repercussions of taking the Certificate in Law. If I was sent another notice regarding this matter this past Summer, I would not have been in the dark regarding my courses because I would have been made aware of the fact that LAW700/200 level courses do not contribute to my BAH degree.
I am currently enrolled in four courses this current (Fall 2018) semester, and five courses next semester (Winter 2019). If I take another course next semester, totalling six courses, I will only be one course (3 units) behind on graduating in Spring 2019. Considering I have fulfilled the requirements for my major and this one remaining course preventing me from graduating would therefore be an elective, I think it is fair to allow me to enter the HIST124 class late, make up for missed assignments as per laid out by the professor, Emily LeDuc, and achieve the remaining six units I need to graduate.
Over my time at Queen's, I have taken many history courses and politics courses regarding Canada as the central topic. Further, having taken LAW courses on Aboriginal Law and Public and Constitutional Law, IST124 will give me a more substantial understanding of why and how Canadian history is important. HIST124 would not only be extremely interesting for me, but it would bridge the gap in my knowledge about Canadian politics and Canadian history.
I have worked very hard at Queen's University over my past three years here, including being on the Dean's List, and pride myself in being a strong student academically. Not being added to HIST124, and subsequently being unable to graduate this Spring 2019 will be a hinderance to my academic success, my mental health, and will continue to harm me academically due to the negative effect it will have on my application to law school.
I have also contacted the professor of the HIST124 Online course, PhD Candidate Emily LeDuc, and she agreed to have me in the course, given I would make up the work I have missed so far, and said that she would support my appeal application. I believe that as long as the professor of the course is okay with my late entry, there should be no further boundary prohibiting me from enrolling.