Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 1758
Decision Date: February 5, 2016
Associate Dean: Johanne Benard, Ph.D.
Student Name: Yuchen Gu
Student Email: 14yg34@queensu.ca
Course: FILM 240
Term: Fall
Year: 2015
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Ms. Gu:
I have carefully considered your appeal to drop FILM 240 (F 2015) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under exceptional circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond his or her control.
The deadlines for dropping courses have been designed and established in order to provide sufficient time for students to determine their interest in the course material, to consider their ability to handle each course, and to evaluate their overall workload.
Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. Additionally, these kinds of extraordinary situations are normally supported by documentation from a professional.
In consultation with Dr. Matrix, it appears that your grades in FILM 240 were quite poor and your record shows very little participation on your part. Although the final exam was indeed cancelled, it was worth 20 of the grade only and according to your grades, even if you scored very high on the final exam you would not have passed the course. Given that there are no other extenuating circumstances beyond your personal control that affected your performance in this course, I cannot reasonably allow your request.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsperson for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Johanne Bénard, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
10190039Gu
Decision Date: February 5, 2016
Associate Dean: Johanne Benard, Ph.D.
Student Name: Yuchen Gu
Student Email: 14yg34@queensu.ca
Course: FILM 240
Term: Fall
Year: 2015
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Ms. Gu:
I have carefully considered your appeal to drop FILM 240 (F 2015) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under exceptional circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by extenuating circumstances beyond his or her control.
The deadlines for dropping courses have been designed and established in order to provide sufficient time for students to determine their interest in the course material, to consider their ability to handle each course, and to evaluate their overall workload.
Extenuating circumstances normally involve a significant physical or psychological event that is beyond your control and debilitating to your overall academic performance. Additionally, these kinds of extraordinary situations are normally supported by documentation from a professional.
In consultation with Dr. Matrix, it appears that your grades in FILM 240 were quite poor and your record shows very little participation on your part. Although the final exam was indeed cancelled, it was worth 20 of the grade only and according to your grades, even if you scored very high on the final exam you would not have passed the course. Given that there are no other extenuating circumstances beyond your personal control that affected your performance in this course, I cannot reasonably allow your request.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsperson for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Johanne Bénard, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
10190039Gu
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